Tradition demands that the girl’s mother take over the role when the grandmother is too old or dies but this woman feels so strongly that the practise is wrong that when she goes to England for her brother’s wedding, she does not return to her family. The first chapter is on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the Gambia and describes the harrowing details of a mother holding down her daughter while the girl is cut by her own grandmother. Included in the book are stories from Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Russia, Ireland and the UK, reminding us that human rights abuses and injustice are as much a part of the first world as the third world.Įach narrative begins with a personal account and details of the people or the issue being covered. In the Introduction, Sue tells us she is known as the ‘Hopeless Case Correspondent’ among her friends at the BBC as she has often reported on human rights abuses, injustice and suffering from all corners of the world. Sadly, she died before she could complete this book and her children have worked from her notes to complete it. This book encapsulates the working life of Sue Lloyd-Roberts, a video journalist for 30 years.
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