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“I was 6-years-old when I was cut. For me, the most traumatic experience was seeing what my older sister went through. She wasn’t as lucky as me. She suffered terrible injuries and almost died. The scars will remain with us for life.”
Assétou Touré from Mali, now 49, works to educate others and fight the practice of female genital mutilation.
In the new UN Women series #FromWhereIStand, she tells her story and reminds us all that “we have a duty to act, to ensure every girl is able to live a dignified and fulfilled life.”
In the State Department, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is tasked with ensuring that the Department is functioning efficiently and maintaining its integrity at each post.
In practice, the OIG works to root out crime and abuse conducted by LSEs, or people from the host country that work at each posting, and FSOs.
You can read on at the link to learn more about the OIG and the work they do.
After armed men took 170 people hostage at the Radisson Hotel in Bamako, Mali celebrated its heroes like the maitre d'hôtel Tamba Diarra who helped guide Malian special forces to rescue hostages.
