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Main : non-fiction, human rights, children, female genital mutilation

ISBN: 9781875559749
0.350 kgs
260 x 260 mm
50 pp

Day Kadi Lost Part of Her Life, The
Isabel Ramos Rioja & Kim Manresa

Shortlisted, Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing, 1999
Silver Medal for Photojournalism Visa d'Or for L'Image del Festival International du Photojournalisme
Human Rights Award for the International Week of Photojournalism
Kadi's first scream went through me like a dagger. … Kadi, the cheerful four-year-old … had just discovered pain, the horror of tradition. They had circumcised her… The Day Kadi Lost Part of Her Life is the moving photostory of a four-year-old girl named Kadi who is subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) in accordance with the traditions of her community. Kadi's story is typical of every little girl who lives in a community where to be loved, married and held in high esteem requires you to be genitally mutilated. —Dr Olayinka Koso-Thomas, from the Prologue. Article 5: No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. —Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 Royalties go to FORWARD (the Foundation for Women’s Health, Research and Development) who work internationally for the elimination of FGM worldwide. Our intention in publishing this book is to bring a wider awareness of FGM and encourage readers to speak out against it.

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'I recommend this book ... for the very shaking and horrific images that it unseats within the viewer. I think after everything I have reads regarding FGM – this book alone was what really brought it home. The last image of the book, with Kadi standing alone in a hut where she is not allowed to cry or weep, and where she must stay until her wounds are healed, may be even the most disturbing image of all.'

Source: Bella Online
Reviewer: Lisbeth Cheever-Gessaman

‘Spinifex Press should be congratulated for having the courage to publish this book and subsequently promoting a greater awareness of FGM in the community.’

Source: Healthsharing Women
Reviewer: Anonymous

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