<a href="https://www.dw.com/en/endfgm-during-sex-people-cry-with-pleasure-i-cry-with-pain/av-18677852?maca=en-Life-links-en-15859-xml-mrss"><img src="https://static.dw.com/image/18656131_302.jpg" width="460" height="259" alt="" title="" border="0" /></a>As a child Aminatu (name changed) remembers being held down naked and cut. She suffers pain when she has sex as a result and fears she will for the rest of her life.

As a child Aminatu (name changed) remembers being held down naked and cut. She suffers pain when she has sex as a result and fears she will for the rest of her life.

<a href="https://www.dw.com/en/endfgm-during-sex-people-cry-with-pleasure-i-cry-with-pain/av-18677852?maca=en-Life-links-en-15859-xml-mrss" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>As a child Aminatu (name changed) remembers being held down naked and cut. She suffers pain when she has sex as a result and fears she will for the rest of her life.

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#endFGM: 'During sex, people cry with pleasure. I cry with pain'