Reporter’s Notebook from Senegal

Mrs. N'Deye Soukeye Gueye, head of the Ministry of the Family, Senegal One of my most memorable meetings during my trip to Senegal was with Mrs. N’Deye Soukeye Gueye, head of the Ministry of the Family and a firm advocate of the ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). I was excited to meet this woman in person, having heard so much about her on my short trip to Dakar. Given the powerful weight of tradition in the Senegalese rural society, I was curious to see the woman... More