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Today I am joined by TikToker, FGM and Child Marriage Activist Jesse Clarke. Jesse is an inspiration and has saved hundreds of children and young girls from Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage in Malawi and Tanzania. We talk all about these horrifying events that still occur today, the exact work Jesse does, how he learnt to fluently speak Swahili and some scary encounters with Tribal Men.

I hope you enjoy and learn something ♥️

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Contents of this episode:
0:00 Trailer and Trigger Warning
00:38 Intro
01:16 What does Jesse do?
02:30 What is Female Genital Mutilation?
3:40 Why is it done?
8:01 How did Jesse find out this was going on?
11:00 Why it's important to say "Female" Genital Mutilation (Female vs Male)
13:10 Women do the cutting
14:16 Cutting his South America trip dream short to go back to the girls
16:10 Jesse's relationship with the girls
16:58 Jesse speaks Swahili fluently!
19:51 Jesse's PIGA VITA UKEKETAJI Tattoo
21:20 Masculinity in Tanzania
23:08 Jesse confronting Tribal Men who engage in Child Marriage
25:47 "Stop interfering with their culture" comments and Jesse's "moody" lives
27:41 Tribal Men's reasonings for Child Marriage
29:18 Daughters' Parents' reasoning for Child Marriage
31:47 Age gaps in marriages
33:17 Survivors' Thoughts
36:26 How Jesse looks after his mental health
38:56 Jesse's pinned video
39:38 Being called a "White Saviour"
44:58 Brothers, Dads, Husbands spying on/visiting the Safehouse
46:59 Outro


Thank you to Jesse once again for your time. You are an inspiration and thank you on behalf of us all for all the work you do. You are literally saving lives, the girls love you infinitely and you deserve all the happiness, peace, love, success and recognition in the world. I’m supporting you all the way ♥️

Hope you enjoyed everyone

Love Garima xx

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