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Sini Sanuman  works in Mali to stop female genital mutilation or FGM. 

Here's a picture of SIni Sanuman.
Our president, Siaka Traoré, is the third from the right in the green and yellow shirt.


We advocate against FGM in various ways:  through in-person meetings and individual discussions, and through the media with broadcasts of songs and music videos, radio shows, films and billboards against FGM. We also collect signatures to work toward outlawing FGM and other violence against women. 


Join us to observe the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM on February 6!

Over 1,000 Malians observing the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM in 2023 with speeches, skits, music, and renewed impetus to end this harmful practice.

Celebrate the gains, and help further the movement to stop female genital mutilation.


According to UNICEF,
at least 200 million women and girls today are survivors of FGM. The practice continues in many parts of the world.

In Mali, Sini Sanuman (Healthy Tomorrow's partner group) has convinced 151 excisers to stop cutting girls, and helped many of them find new livelihoods. We have persuaded 17 villages to officially abandon FGM, with Declarations signed by the village leaders. We pay for medical treatment for many women and girls with serious complications from FGM. We educate the public with radio, TV, and billboards. Our dedicated Malian staff and volunteers work with legislators to outlaw FGM, and with villagers to change minds and hearts.


If you would like to help, please donate.


Let us all rededicate ourselves to eradicating this harmful practice in Mali, and around the world.


The three videos on the right explain our work. The first one is a 3-minute summary, the next is an October 2020 panel discussion that includes the director of the film In the Name of Your Daughter, which we've shown on Malian TV.  The bottom video says what we do in one minute.

Music: The songs and music videos we have produced to spread our message have been played widely in Mali and nine other countries in West Africa.

Our Pledge Against Excision, a promise never to have a girl excised, now has well over 80,000 signatures. 95% of those signing say that Mali should outlaw the practice. With our partner groups, we are working toward such a law. Since 2017, we have been collecting signatures on the Pledge Against Gender-Based Violence, since the government has decided that they will pursue a more general law, against FGM, forced marriage and other forms of violence against women. This new Pledge has over 3,000 signatures, as of 2023, with a similar percentage in favor of a law.
Siaka Traoré, President of Sini Sanuman, presenting over 68,000 signatures on the Pledge Against Excision to the Parliamentary Commission on Violence Against Women at the National Assembly in May of 2015.

Seventeen villages have collectively abandoned the practice of excision with our encouragement, and most have celebrated their decisions with public ceremonies that we helped them organize.

One hundred fifty one former excisers have agreed to give up the practice and many of them are helping spread the word.  

We put up posters and billboards to raise awareness in the campaign.  Our most recent one (below) shows a mother and daughter and the message "I love my daughter, so I'm protecting her from FGM."

A 5-minute summary of Susan McLucas' and Sini Sanuman's work.

One-minute video summary of Sini Sanuman's work.
Mariam Ballo with her Certificate of Honor
Susan McLucas, Director of Healthy Tomorrow, singing "Deni To A Cogola" (Leave Her Alone) by Rick Goldin in Bambara.

Healthy Tomorrow is a US non-profit group based around Boston, Massachusetts that supports the work of Sini Sanuman. 

In April 2022, we hosted an online screening of "In the Name of Your Daughter" and had a panel discussion with the director Giselle Portenier and our president Susan McLucas afterwards. We had people from all over the world, a few who were working on implementing new anti-FGM laws in their countries.  (click poster at right or this link to enlarge)



Healthy Tomorrow stood out on the Boston Common for the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM on February 6, 2023 (photo below).

2023 Rug Sale poster

(click to enlarge)

Healthy Tomorrow's Rug Sale           
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