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Today I am joined by TikToker, FGM and Child Marriage Activist Jesse Clarke. Jesse is an inspiration and has saved hundreds of children and young girls from Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage in Malawi and Tanzania. We talk all about these horrifying events that still occur today, the exact work Jesse does, how he learnt to fluently speak Swahili and some scary encounters with Tribal Men. I hope you enjoy and learn something ♥️ Support Jesse: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jesseclarke95?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jesseclarke95/ Give me feedback/Come on my Podcast! : email: officialbtdc@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/garimaojhao... TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@garimaojhaoff... Contents of this episode: 0:00 Trailer and Trigger Warning 00:38 Intro 01:16 What does Jesse do? 02:30 What is Female Genital Mutilation? 3:40 Why is it done? 8:01 How did Jesse find out this was going on? 11:00 Why it's important to say "Female" Genital Mutilation (Female vs Male) 13:10 Women do the cutting 14:16 Cutting his South America trip dream short to go back to the girls 16:10 Jesse's relationship with the girls 16:58 Jesse speaks Swahili fluently! 19:51 Jesse's PIGA VITA UKEKETAJI Tattoo 21:20 Masculinity in Tanzania 23:08 Jesse confronting Tribal Men who engage in Child Marriage 25:47 "Stop interfering with their culture" comments and Jesse's "moody" lives 27:41 Tribal Men's reasonings for Child Marriage 29:18 Daughters' Parents' reasoning for Child Marriage 31:47 Age gaps in marriages 33:17 Survivors' Thoughts 36:26 How Jesse looks after his mental health 38:56 Jesse's pinned video 39:38 Being called a "White Saviour" 44:58 Brothers, Dads, Husbands spying on/visiting the Safehouse 46:59 Outro Thank you to Jesse once again for your time. You are an inspiration and thank you on behalf of us all for all the work you do. You are literally saving lives, the girls love you infinitely and you deserve all the happiness, peace, love, success and recognition in the world. I’m supporting you all the way ♥️ Hope you enjoyed everyone Love Garima xx #fgm #childmarriage #endfgm #endchildmarriage #podcast