The progress we have made is undeniable, but so is the urgency. We are just five years away from 2030, the global deadline to end FGM. Every day that passes means more girls are at risk.

In Tarime, a small village in the Mara region in Tanzania, Amina, a survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM) shares her story of hope.

This practice, also known as female circumcision, involves the removal of parts of a woman's genitalia as a rite of passage to womanhood. In some African communities, this practice is deeply ...