As the world marks today the 11th of october 2021 as the international day of the girl child, l join millions of people and global changemakers to celebrate this day and to wish every girl child out there success in their chosen endeavours in life and career paths. l want to use this medium to delve into the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM). Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a very serious cultural practice that is bedevilling the world today mostly in developing countries (third world countries) and in advance countries of the world too. This deeply held rooted cultural practice is still much with us in this modern times, and we must all rise up as social advocates to put an end to this inhuman traditional harmful practice on our girls and women. According to world health organization (WHO) around 1 in 4 girls and women or 52million worldwide experienced female genital mutilation performed by health personnel, we must all unite to de-medicalize female genital mutilati...