These teen girls from Kenya invented an app to end female genital mutilation

Five teenage girls from Kenya are headed to California to make their dream of ending female genital mutilation (FGM) in their country a reality.

The bright teens invented an app called i-Cut, which provides girls with easy access to legal and medical assistance before and after FGM. The app has earned them a place in the 2017 Technovation Challenge, a competition taking place in Silicon Valley later this month that helps girls around the world become tech entrepreneurs.

FGM, a non-medical procedure that involves the total or partial removal of a woman’s external genitalia, is illegal in Kenya. But it’s still practiced because of its cultural significance as a rite of passage and prerequisite for marriage. Read more…

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