Kadijatu Allieu was tied up, beaten, blindfolded, and gagged. Then the women who had taken her mutilated her genitals with a razor and left her lying in a pool of blood for three days before she escaped.
In a historic act, she brought her case to West Africa’s highest court, and the judges JUST ruled that female genital mutilation (FGM) is a form of torture and Sierra Leone must ban it.
Sierra Leone’s President Bio is sympathetic, but Parliament is blocking. Now it’s up to his leadership to push the ban through. Let’s show him the world is with him!
We did it in The Gambia, backing survivors and activists. Let’s do it
again – and if enough of us sign, we’ll take our call directly to his
office with Sierra Leone’s youth and a hard-hitting ad campaign. Sign
now on this page.
To President Julius Maada Bio and all Members of Parliament, Sierra Leone:
As citizens from around the world, we are appalled that Sierra Leone’s law allows the cutting of girls’ genitals. We urge you to immediately implement the ruling of the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), revise the Child Rights Act of 2025, and ban FGM. Protect the girls who haven’t yet been cut!
Image: Credited to Ivan Lieman, the photo depicts a razor blade being used to cut a girl’s genitals.
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This campaign is run in partnership with A Girl At A Time --
an organisation empowering young girls in Sierra Leone to live free
from violence, fear, and exploitation through advocacy, therapy, and
education.
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