The International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, 6 February, is a time to make the world aware of female genital mutilation (FGM). FGM is recognized internationally as a violation of human rights.
?I cannot forget it (..) Despite the passage of years, I feel great emptiness inside me? - Silu? Dj?ni?ba (50), mutilated at age of 15. This picture from the photo essay "Broken pots" was awarded at two of the most prestigious professional photojournalist competitions in Poland (BZ WBK Press Foto and Grand Press Photo). (Photo: Agnieszka Napierala, 2012).