Tanzania: For Girls Escaping FGM in Rural Tanzania, Crowdsourced Maps Show the Way to Safety

United Nations — "Without safe houses, girls will be cut," said human rights activist Rhobi Samwelly, who runs two safe houses for girls in the Butiama and Serengeti districts of Tanzania's largely rural Mara region.

"During the cutting season, you can't get protection in the community," she explained.

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