@blue_veil_ladies on Instagram: "In recent years film and documentary makers have brought attention to female genital mutilation (FGM) as a human rights crisis affecting girls and women around the world, including in Europe. These films often follow young victims from FGM‑practising regions who describe the lifelong trauma — physical, psychological, and social — caused by the procedure, and underscore that it is a form of gender‑based violence with no medical benefit. Activist Aïssa Edon, a Mali