Angela Merkel

I really enjoyed working on this project and researching about women that are less privileged than the women in our country. I had previously heard about female genital mutilation, but didn't really know anything about it and never thought about researching it thinking it wasn't that big of a deal. The more my group and I looked into Somalia and it's FGM related practices, we realized how this issue has really effected the whole world, even the United States. We were able to clear up a lot of rumors and speculations about FGM, that we had all thought to be true. For example, we all thought that FGM was a religious practice, but found that it predates many religions and is culture-based. I am very proud of the work we have done and that we have the chance to not only educate our class, but hopefully with the website, to educate many others as well.

Sarah Affalter