Five Kenyan schoolgirls are headed to the 2017 Technovation Challenge in Silicon Valley to present an app that’s inspired by a cause close to their hearts. The teens created I-Cut to help victims of female genital mutilation in their country and hopefully end the practice once and for all.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a non-medical procedure that involves the total or partial removal of a woman’s external genitalia. Although it’s illegal in Kenya, FGM is still practiced in the country and the teens headed to Silicon Valley know girls who have experienced it.
