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In the Name of Your Daughter

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

An inspiring coming-of-age story of some of the most courageous girls in the world, children in Northern Tanzania, who are risking their lives to defy their destiny and follow their dreams. These girls, some as young as eight, are running away from home, leaving everything and everyone they love behind to save themselves from female genital mutilation, and avoid being sold off into a child marriage.

This is the story of one of Africa's most charismatic women, Rhobi Samwelly, a brave local hero who confronts her community and protects the girls in her Safe House. Little by little, Mama Rhobi helps the young runaways find their voice. Show less

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