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09-03-2016, 04:30 PM
Jarring art exhibit confronts the harsh reality of female genital mutilation
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As a global society, we're often silent when it comes to issues of gendered violence, deeming them too distressing or uncomfortable to ack**wledge.
But a new art project is confronting the silence around one of the most harrowing examples of gender-based violence — female genital mutilation, or FGM.
SEE ALSO: 7 facts you need to k**w about female genital mutilation (http://mashable.com/2015/08/09/female-genital-mutilation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
London-based artist Aida Silvestri has created a jarring ****** of "sculptural photo-works" to raise awareness of female genital mutilation — any procedure that "intentionally alters or causes injury to the female genital organs for **n-medical reasons," according to the World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/). She was inspired to tackle the issue due to her personal experience with FGM as a girl. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/03/fgm-art-exhibit-unsterile-clinic/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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As a global society, we're often silent when it comes to issues of gendered violence, deeming them too distressing or uncomfortable to ack**wledge.
But a new art project is confronting the silence around one of the most harrowing examples of gender-based violence — female genital mutilation, or FGM.
SEE ALSO: 7 facts you need to k**w about female genital mutilation (http://mashable.com/2015/08/09/female-genital-mutilation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
London-based artist Aida Silvestri has created a jarring ****** of "sculptural photo-works" to raise awareness of female genital mutilation — any procedure that "intentionally alters or causes injury to the female genital organs for **n-medical reasons," according to the World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/). She was inspired to tackle the issue due to her personal experience with FGM as a girl. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/03/fgm-art-exhibit-unsterile-clinic/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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