A Bloodless Rite | A Film from the Sierra Leone Feminist Movement

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Purposeful

Purposeful

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*TRIGGER WARNING*
Please be aware that this film contains a detailed account of what FGM/C involves, which some viewers may find distressing.
A growing grassroots movement in Sierra Leone, working to preserve the solidarity and significance of the Bondo Society while ending the harmful practice of female genital cutting/mutilation (FGC/M), has partnered with Purposeful and successfully organised the first ‘Bondo without cutting’
ceremony.
Despite signing up to the 2005 Maputo protocol which supports women’s rights including the eradication of FGC, there is no law in Sierra Leone that prohibits FGC/M. Around 90% of Sierra Leonean women have undergone the procedure, 40 percent were cut between the ages of 10 to 14 years and, until recently it was an integral part of initiation into the Bondo Society
- the important and influential Sierra Leonean women’s secret society.
For most women in Sierra Leone, joining Bondo is an essential step in the transition from girl to womanhood. The secret society passes knowledge and skills from one generation to the next, strengthens solidarity among local women and promotes their social, economic and leadership interests.
In order to support the growing local movement that challenges the
values, narratives and institutions that perpetuate FGC/M in Sierra Leone, Purposeful has partnered with grassroots organisations including Amazonia Initiative Movement (AIM) and Girlz Empowered to reimagine Bondo - without cutting.

КОМЕНТАРІ: 44
@Freiya2011
@Freiya2011 3 роки тому
"A woman must respect herself before a man does!" I like that! A lot!
@jaybee118
@jaybee118 3 роки тому
This is so beautiful. Al the girls look so happy and proud to have gone through this new initiation ceremony to 'becoming a woman'. There must be more supprt for this new alternative to cutting in the bondo society
@wickedvideowatcher
@wickedvideowatcher 3 роки тому
Whoever is in charge of this universe, please give these beautiful people strength and courage to end this horrible practice.
@nsasiirwepatricia65
@nsasiirwepatricia65 3 роки тому
Wow am greatly inspired, thank you for awakening our minds
@billgatealexkamara6568
@billgatealexkamara6568 9 місяців тому
Thanks madam for this move
@kayleighevans8870
@kayleighevans8870 3 роки тому
Seriously these women if u can call them that, cut these girls blind 😵 drunk, aww my, absolutely horrific. Poor girls they are the ones who need the pain relief, or strong wine to drink, in order to endure the pain. I hope this does change for these beautiful young women.
@nancybarrie1864
@nancybarrie1864 3 роки тому
This is a really good initiative, keeping the good part of the culture and get read rid of the bad part of it.❤️🇸🇱❤️
@pameladowe5330
@pameladowe5330 3 роки тому
So needed!
@angelaarreola1290
@angelaarreola1290 3 роки тому
What a beautiful celebration 🍾!!
@mynameisSK
@mynameisSK 3 роки тому
so proud to be a turay🇸🇱
@kathleendallas3937
@kathleendallas3937 3 роки тому
God bless you all and keep you safe.
@pascalapprederisse9479
@pascalapprederisse9479 3 роки тому
Remarquable ! Le chemin est encore long , mais il y a des raisons d'espérer
@The1ByTheSea
@The1ByTheSea 3 роки тому
Bondo society is in Sierra Leone,Guinea and Liberia
@gillianjahmarah3736
@gillianjahmarah3736 2 роки тому
this is beautiful
@bethhaines6340
@bethhaines6340 Рік тому
God doesnt create mistakes we do
@saadahmed153
@saadahmed153 2 роки тому
Bondo is our culture society in sierra leone 🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱
@redacted4413
@redacted4413 2 роки тому
still???
@brandycoke713
@brandycoke713 3 роки тому
i have sierra leone in my DNA
@osmatukamara3190
@osmatukamara3190 3 роки тому
'bondo is our culture'
@Freiya2011
@Freiya2011 3 роки тому
But cultures can be modernized if they are realized to be harmful. Keep all the good, eliminate the harmful! I send you my ❤!
@osmatukamara3190
@osmatukamara3190 3 роки тому
@@Freiya2011 yes dear 😊 true talk am a sierra leonean 🇸🇱 woman
@Freiya2011
@Freiya2011 3 роки тому
@@osmatukamara3190 Good Morning, Osmatu Kamara! Have a wonderful day!☺🤗
@bethhaines6340
@bethhaines6340 Рік тому
They can rejoice in their culture,without doing fgm
@bethhaines6340
@bethhaines6340 Рік тому
If there were more alternative rites of passage being created for girls globally then less and less women would need to fear their wedding night and the birth of their 1st child the girls can enjoy their life and be happy and best of all they can enjoy being female
@isatuconteh7332
@isatuconteh7332 2 роки тому
I will never involved My life in this society not even my daughter's inshaa Allah
@bethhaines6340
@bethhaines6340 Рік тому
And they also dont need to fear men either
@bethhaines6340
@bethhaines6340 Рік тому
The girl who isnt cut will learn more about life which is invaluable then the girl who is cut who learns stuff all
@bethhaines6340
@bethhaines6340 Рік тому
A girl will learn more by not being cut and will live longer then the girl who is cut
@bethhaines6340
@bethhaines6340 8 місяців тому
What a horrendous way to grow up bugger that
@bethhaines6340
@bethhaines6340 Рік тому
They dont need to be cut anymore tobecome women,they dont need to be cut fullstop,no to fgm
@bethhaines6340
@bethhaines6340 Рік тому
Its no different to what they do in hospital,except that the person is put to sleep
@bethhaines6340
@bethhaines6340 8 місяців тому
God looks at everyone through the eyes of the cross he looks at peoples hearts,on the inside not on the outside,so in other words god loves everyone even if theyre not cut god still loves you he would prefer not to have women cut no to fgm
@bethhaines6340
@bethhaines6340 8 місяців тому
Become women without the blade
@bethhaines6340
@bethhaines6340 Рік тому
Id rather not be cut and learn something then be cut and learn stuff all
@angelaarreola1290
@angelaarreola1290 3 роки тому
She's a Doctor for money not from the heart.
@bethhaines6340
@bethhaines6340 8 місяців тому
Enjoy your culture by all means,just dont do bondo,have anti bondo ceremonies ditch the blade not the culture no to fgm
@bethhaines6340
@bethhaines6340 8 місяців тому
Embrace your culture dont embrace fgm
@boomdfw
@boomdfw 2 роки тому
Thank you for this work. How do we learn more about your organization or contact you to support? You can reach us by email at: info@weboom.org or on our website at weboom.org.
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