Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko Hadas no Eritrea, Awherika, e korero ana mo tona wheako o te kotinga (whakaahua i whakaahuatia e te tauira) Ko tetahi wahine e mamae tonu ana i nga paanga mamae o te Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) e kii ana kaore ia e whakahe i tona whaea mo te kawe ia ia ki te whai i te tikanga i a ia e tamariki ana. Ko Hadas (kua hurihia tōna ingoa tūturu hei tiaki i tōna tuakiri), e noho ana i te UK i tēnei wā, i 'whakarotia' ia i Eritrea, kei reira te kotinga o ngā kōtiro, i te mea he torutoru marama noa iho tōna pakeke. Ka mea ia: 'I roto i taku ahurea, e whakapono ana, ina tapahia te kopu, ka tapahia hoki te hiahia ki te taatai, a ko te taatai anake he mea e mahia ana e te wahine me tana tane ki te whai tamariki.' 'Ko te nuinga o te iwi i Eritrea e whakaaro ana ki te tapahia he kotiro, ka tipu ia hei kotiro pai; e kore ia e whakama ki tona hapu, ka marena pai ia. 'Ki te kore he kotiro e tapahia, e whakaaro ana ratou ka tipu ake ia hei "wahine" - he kotiro e whakaaro ana ki te moepuku, a kaore e makona ki te tangata kotahi. 'E whakapono ana te iwi ko te kotiro kaore i tapahia ka whakama ki tona whanau me tana whanonga, kaore tetahi e marena ki a ia ka whakarerea ia. 'Ko te nuinga o te iwi e whakaaro ana i tenei ara i roto i toku whenua, a ko reira anake te hunga e whakaakona e kore e whakaae ki te mahi o te tapahi.' Ko te kōrero a Hadas e whakaatu ana i te kaha o te ahurea o te FGM i Eritrea, kei te rohe o Sudan me Etiopia, kei reira te mahi nanakia - te tango i te waahanga o te wahine o waho o te wahine mo nga take kaore i te rongoa - e kiia ana kia kore ai nga wahine e tipu ake hei koretake. Ko ngā kōtiro e whatiia ana e tētahi tangata kāore i te mātauranga hauora, i te nuinga o te wā mā te whakamahi i ngā taputapu pēnei i te maripi, he kutikuti, he kutikuti, he kutikuti rānei. Kāore e whakamahia ana ngā rongoā whakamate, ā, ko te nuinga o te wā ka herea te hunga e patua ana. He iti rawa a Hadas ki te maumahara ki tana whiu, ana ka kitea te pono ma te whakarongo ki nga tautohetohe a ona maatua - na te mea kaore tana papa i hiahia kia whakawakia ia. Ka mea ia: 'He tangata mātauranga, he tangata hou hoki toku papa, e kore e whakaae ki te whakapono me te ahurea o te tapahi. I ahu mai toku whaea i tētahi whānau tuku iho, ā, i tētahi atu...
I whai a Hadas i te mahi nanakia i Eritrea, Awherika, kei reira te FGM. I whakapono tōna whaea ko te mea pai rawa atu ko te tuku ia ia ki te whakamātautau hei pēpi. I tōna kainga ka noho nga wahine 'kore' hei wahine ka tipu ake hei wahine mauiui. Ko te wahine, e hiahia ana kia noho ingoa kore, i hokona hei wahine ki te UK.