FGM survivor Shamsa Araweelo on her campaign to end the harmful practice

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A woman who was forced to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) as a young child in her native Somalia has told FRANCE 24 how she managed to turn her life around and transform her horrific experience into a force for good. Shamsa Araweelo has received around 70 million views of her TikTok videos, in which she explains using rubber models exactly what FGM does to a woman. Now based in the UK, she's campaigning to help those affected and to try to end the dangerous practice. She spoke to us in Perspective.