When the activist heard that Museveni wants to outlaw female circumcision, it brought back memories of her own experience of being "stitched like a curtain," she said.
Other award recipients included Kakenya Ntaiya, a young Kenyan woman, who negotiated with her father and agreed to undergo female circumcision, if he allowed her to go to school.
Recent surveys also show that two-thirds of Egyptian girls aged 10-14 have been subjected to the traditional practice of female circumcision.
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