Handeni — Masai communities in handeni District, Tanga region have come up with new style of upgrading girls into womanhood without performing female genital mutilation (FGM) on them.
Under this new style, a total of 540 girls from Masai communities in Misima and Kwamagome wards have been initiated without being cut.
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