Charging up the show this week... Anna welcomes the sensational Khadija Gbla on to the show, to discuss her experience as a victim of and her activism for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Listen in as Khadija explains how this terrible form of child abuse and gender-based violence is actually taking place on Australian shores.
Khadija explains her own journey towards pleasure as a woman who had had her clitoris cut from her as an innocent nine year old girl, and comments on society's default position, not only on race, religion and gender, but also on clitoric-centric assumptions.
Listen in to her comments after Anna sent her a clitoral air-pulsing vibrator and question your own able-bodied assumptions about sex. Hear what she has to say about Labioplasty in Australia - not just for consenting women, but also for unconsenting children.
Be confronted by the truths she conveys over White Saviourism and why she wants to move away from the stereotypical view of FGM victims as being non-white, non-Christian, non-Anglo Australian.
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Khadija Gbla now advocates for change in these areas through her work as Director for Ending Female Genital Mutilation Australia with Plan International and teaches workshops and seminars for professionals in order to educate them on prevention, care and treatment of FGM.
Be brave and listen to the episode and reach out to Khadija for training requests or advice. You may safe a little girl from a lifetime of shame and health complications...
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