Masooma Ranlavi

Masooma Ranalvi is a Law graduate from Mumbai, India. She works as a trainer on issues of gender and sexual harassment and is a social activist. She has been at the forefront of a wide survivor-led campaign in India to end Female Genital Mutilation in the community.

She has inspired women and young girls across the country to openly speak about their experiences and to actively engage in a campaign against the practice.

For men, the circumcision is done for health and hygiene, while for women, it is meant to curb sexual desire and tame them.

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