Female circumcision in Sudan

philip_jol · October 21, 2003

Nuba Mountains, Sudan- June 2003: Dou, a young girl from the Nuba

Mountains, tries to escape from her circumcision treatment. Forced by

social pressure almost all young girls in the Nuba Mountains undergo

a circumcision. The worst possible form is the Pharaonic Circumcision

which Dou was treated for. After removing the clitoris and minora

adjacent labia, the vagina is closed with thread leaving only a small

opening for urine and menstruation blood. It will be her future

husband to open her again.

October 23, 2003

This one is let down by the girl not being in focus, otherwise you would have a really nice shot here.

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