Aarefa Johari
Aarefa Johari is journalist and anti-FGC (female genital cutting) activist. She is also a co-founder of Sahiyo, anNGO working to end female genital cutting among the Dawoodi Bohra and other South-Asian communities. Herself a victim of this evil practice, she now spearheads her protest bravely against her own community leaders to end this cruel custom.
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