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.
Three videos at right explain our work. The first 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. Third says what we do in one minute.
Susan McLucas and the work of Sini Sanuman (5 minutes)
Presentation to African Diaspora Engaging Africa, April 2024, about Susan's work in Mali (45 minutes)
Summary (3 minutes)
Panel discussion
On April 29, 2024, four villages celebrated their decision to stop excising: Diakoni, Chobougou, Djinidijé and Sirakoro Dounfing.
The crowd of around 400 at the ceremony.
Dancing marking the four villages' decisions to stop FGM.
Healthy Tomorrow is a 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. (view poster)
Healthy Tomorrow stood out on the Boston Common for the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM on February 6, 2023 (photo below).
Susan gave a talk at Community Church of Boston
on February 19, 2023. (click to enlarge poster)
2023 Rug Sale poster