A documentary about the life and activism of Jaha Dukureh, a Gambian anti-female genital mutilation campaigner who returns to her country of birth to confront the harmful tradition that she and 200 million women and girls have undergone globally.
Watch the official Jaha's Promise 2017 trailer in HD below.
Denmark 16 March 2017
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