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Kakenya Ntaiya (born 1978) is a Kenyan educator, feminist and social activist. She is the founder and president of the Kakenya Center for Excellence and recipient of the CNN Top Ten Hero of the Year (2013)
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“I went through the genital mutilation not knowing what it was.”
“But when you give a girl an opportunity, she will never, ever embarrass you or let you down.”
“I could've easily given up but I didn't. All my breakdowns are breakthroughs. I believe I need them in order to push through.”
“I knew that I wanted something different. So, instead of focusing on being intimidated, I focused on education. I focused on going to school and making sure I stayed there.”
“I was told it's what will make me a woman. I didn't know that it's something that is done very... it's horrible, you are cut, your genitalia is cut, no anesthesia, you bleed and some people die out of it.”
“I wanted to continue with school because my mother was denied an education and she always told us if she went to school she would have been a different person, so I talked to my dad and told him I can only go through the genital mutilation if he lets me go back to school.”
About Kakenya Ntaiya
Kakenya Ntaiya (born 1978) is a Kenyan educator, feminist and social activist. She is the founder and president of the Kakenya Center for Excellence and recipient of the CNN Top Ten Hero of the Year (2013)