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- (Birds chirping,
- children giggling)


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(Speaking foreign language)

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(Indistinct chatter)

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(Speaking foreign language)

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(Indistinct chatter)

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(♪ Women vocalizing ♪)

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(Birds chirping)

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(Insects chirring)

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(Both laughing)

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(Phone ringing)

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(Laughing)

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(Laughing)

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- (Man):

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(Children talking, indistinct)

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- (Rooster crowing,
- indistinct chatter)


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(Children laughing)

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- Habi...

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(Laughing)

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(Indistinct chatter)

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Oh my God.

00:16:48.166 --> 00:16:49.958
(Exhaling sharply)

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(Women talking, indistinct)

00:18:41.666 --> 00:18:42.666
(Women laughing)

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(Sighing)

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(Exhaling slowly)

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- Mmm.

00:21:43.041 --> 00:21:43.958
(Laughing)

00:23:40.416 --> 00:23:41.541
My God!

00:23:42.625 --> 00:23:43.541
(Sighing)

00:23:50.125 --> 00:23:52.125
(Chicken clucking)

00:23:52.125 --> 00:23:54.000
(Children laughing)

00:23:56.875 --> 00:23:58.750
(Children talking, indistinct)

00:32:22.541 --> 00:32:24.416
(♪ Woman vocalizing ♪)

00:33:00.458 --> 00:33:01.500
(Laughing)

00:33:35.791 --> 00:33:36.833
Oh, wow!

00:33:36.833 --> 00:33:37.750
(Giggling)

00:33:42.291 --> 00:33:43.666
Ooh la la!

00:36:27.541 --> 00:36:28.958
(Sighing)

00:36:52.791 --> 00:36:54.958
- So, I'm a gynecologist.

00:36:54.958 --> 00:36:57.750
- I currently do care for women
- that have been impacted


00:36:57.750 --> 00:36:59.666
by female genital cutting.

00:36:59.666 --> 00:37:03.291
- And I am hoping
- to establish further expertise


00:37:03.291 --> 00:37:07.625
- and hopefully train our future
- generation of gynecologists


00:37:07.625 --> 00:37:10.958
around clitoral reconstruction.

00:37:10.958 --> 00:37:13.666
- Clitoral reconstruction
- can have a tremendous impact


00:37:13.666 --> 00:37:16.125
- on the well-being of those
- that have been impacted


00:37:16.125 --> 00:37:17.583
by the practice.

00:37:17.583 --> 00:37:21.125
- We know that, overall,
- women that have undergone it


00:37:21.125 --> 00:37:24.375
- have an improved sense
- of a restoration of identity,


00:37:24.375 --> 00:37:26.208
a restoration of anatomy.

00:37:26.208 --> 00:37:28.333
- They have
- improved sexual function.


00:37:28.333 --> 00:37:30.666
They have decreased pain.

00:37:30.666 --> 00:37:34.541
- They have increased metrics
- in sexual function,


00:37:34.541 --> 00:37:38.250
- increased ability
- of sensation, orgasm.


00:37:39.416 --> 00:37:41.333
- There are
- some significant barriers


00:37:41.333 --> 00:37:45.208
- to be able to provide
- reconstructive surgeries.


00:37:45.208 --> 00:37:47.250
- The first
- and most significant one


00:37:47.250 --> 00:37:50.666
- is that we lack personnel
- that are well-trained in this,


00:37:50.666 --> 00:37:54.958
- that have experience
- in conducting these procedures.


00:37:54.958 --> 00:37:59.083
- We also, then, don't have
- established funding


00:37:59.083 --> 00:38:01.833
- that can support
- the holistic care


00:38:01.833 --> 00:38:03.625
- that is required
- for these women.


00:38:03.625 --> 00:38:05.500
And then, finally,

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:09.541
- because we don't have
- many people with expertise,


00:38:09.541 --> 00:38:11.958
then if one identifies

00:38:11.958 --> 00:38:15.250
- that a patient has had
- female genital cutting,


00:38:15.250 --> 00:38:18.500
there's often an uncertainty

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:23.166
- about where we could send
- somebody to get expert help.


00:38:41.791 --> 00:38:43.833
(Laughing)

00:38:43.833 --> 00:38:45.375
(Doorbell ringing)

00:39:39.291 --> 00:39:41.208
(Inhaling deeply)

00:41:44.333 --> 00:41:47.541
- Female-genital cutting
- is a very complex issue.


00:41:47.541 --> 00:41:49.958
- It's deeply rooted
- in gender inequality.


00:41:49.958 --> 00:41:51.583
And so, ultimately,

00:41:51.583 --> 00:41:54.916
- until we address gender
- inequality at a societal level,


00:41:54.916 --> 00:41:57.958
- we will not move
- this agenda forward.


00:41:57.958 --> 00:42:00.666
What we can do moving forward

00:42:00.666 --> 00:42:04.541
- is all take responsibility
- in our different arenas.


00:42:04.541 --> 00:42:07.208
- We have a whole generation
- that's been impacted.


00:42:07.208 --> 00:42:09.708
- And so,
- us as a medical community


00:42:09.708 --> 00:42:13.416
- need to first of all recognize
- the impact of this practice,


00:42:13.416 --> 00:42:14.583
and then address it.

00:43:54.791 --> 00:43:56.333
(Women laughing)

00:44:21.666 --> 00:44:22.791
(All laughing)

00:44:44.583 --> 00:44:46.000
(Laughing)

00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:59.625
(All laughing)

00:46:25.791 --> 00:46:27.666
(Phone ringing)

00:46:31.416 --> 00:46:32.708
- Hello?

00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:23.125
- Yes!

00:47:23.125 --> 00:47:24.625
Ooh la la!

00:47:28.500 --> 00:47:29.500
(Both laughing)

00:50:01.666 --> 00:50:02.958
(Both laughing)

00:50:15.916 --> 00:50:17.833
(Woman speaking French on PA)

00:50:29.541 --> 00:50:31.375
- (Flight attendant
- speaking French)


00:50:35.250 --> 00:50:36.875
- Ooh!

00:50:36.875 --> 00:50:38.208
Oh my God.

00:50:40.041 --> 00:50:41.958
(Giggling)

00:51:09.083 --> 00:51:11.083
(People clapping)

00:51:11.083 --> 00:51:12.958
(Talking, indistinct)

00:51:14.958 --> 00:51:17.250
- (Women talking,
- singing in foreign language)


00:51:49.833 --> 00:51:51.291
(Speaking French)

00:53:45.666 --> 00:53:46.875
(Car doors closing)

00:54:16.125 --> 00:54:17.375
(Laughing)

00:54:18.500 --> 00:54:20.375
(Indistinct chatter)

00:54:53.791 --> 00:54:55.125
(Habibata giggling)

00:55:51.958 --> 00:55:53.541
(Sighing)

00:56:19.500 --> 00:56:21.125
Ah...

00:56:31.125 --> 00:56:32.666
(Rain pattering on window)

00:56:38.458 --> 00:56:40.333
(Thunder rumbling)

00:56:42.458 --> 00:56:44.375
(Clock ticking)

00:57:22.791 --> 00:57:24.416
(Groaning)

00:57:48.458 --> 00:57:50.333
(Birds chirping)

00:57:57.875 --> 00:57:59.750
(Habibata laughing)

01:00:33.625 --> 01:00:35.375
(Laughing)

01:00:38.708 --> 01:00:41.333
(♪ Woman vocalizing ♪)

01:01:34.166 --> 01:01:36.041
(Indistinct chatter)

01:02:15.250 --> 01:02:16.541
(Women laughing)

01:02:16.541 --> 01:02:18.250
(Women talking, indistinct)

01:02:24.000 --> 01:02:25.375
(Phone ringing)

01:04:22.000 --> 01:04:23.833
- One of the biggest things

01:04:23.833 --> 01:04:26.375
- about this
- reconstructive procedure


01:04:26.375 --> 01:04:29.958
- is that, although it
- is a simple procedure,


01:04:29.958 --> 01:04:33.250
- it is complicated to know
- if these are the right people


01:04:33.250 --> 01:04:35.166
- that should be
- getting this procedure.


01:04:35.166 --> 01:04:39.166
- And they need very thorough,
- robust assessment,


01:04:39.166 --> 01:04:42.375
- which can take a lot of time
- leading up to the procedure.


01:04:42.375 --> 01:04:43.750
So, this isn't something

01:04:43.750 --> 01:04:45.541
that you can just go away

01:04:45.541 --> 01:04:47.500
- and have done quickly
- and return.


01:04:47.500 --> 01:04:51.500
- Something like this surgery
- requires long-term follow-up


01:04:51.500 --> 01:04:54.875
with the same physician

01:04:54.875 --> 01:04:57.958
- or surgeon that's
- performing the procedure.


01:04:57.958 --> 01:05:01.250
- And so travelling abroad
- really limits that possibility,


01:05:01.250 --> 01:05:04.541
- and I think also limits
- the potential for healing.


01:05:07.083 --> 01:05:08.291
- Oh my God.

01:05:26.166 --> 01:05:28.083
(All laughing)

01:10:36.708 --> 01:10:40.791
- I've been deeply
- impacted by those


01:10:40.791 --> 01:10:42.666
- that have experienced
- this practice.


01:10:42.666 --> 01:10:45.208
- It's been profound what
- they've shared with me,


01:10:45.208 --> 01:10:48.916
- and that has changed me
- for a lifetime.


01:10:48.916 --> 01:10:52.875
- And so I'm, like, committed
- to seeing this through.


01:10:52.875 --> 01:10:55.708
- I plan to offer
- clitoral reconstruction


01:10:55.708 --> 01:10:59.250
- as a part
- of a holistic-care plan


01:10:59.250 --> 01:11:03.458
- for women that would
- be interested and meet criteria.


01:11:03.458 --> 01:11:05.791
But this will require funding,

01:11:05.791 --> 01:11:10.083
- and so we have to lobby
- on government for support,


01:11:10.083 --> 01:11:14.833
- engage our medical community,
- work with advocacy groups.


01:11:14.833 --> 01:11:18.833
- This issue is not an issue
- that exists in countries abroad.


01:11:18.833 --> 01:11:20.750
This exists here.

01:11:20.750 --> 01:11:22.708
These are our Canadian women.

01:11:22.708 --> 01:11:25.000
They need our medical attention.

01:11:25.000 --> 01:11:27.458
- And they're not
- getting it currently.


01:11:27.458 --> 01:11:30.833
- And so this is part of
- my dream and my work


01:11:30.833 --> 01:11:32.916
is that we raise awareness,

01:11:32.916 --> 01:11:35.750
that we become well-educated

01:11:35.750 --> 01:11:38.333
- and are able to provide
- the care that's needed.


01:11:40.458 --> 01:11:42.333
(♪ Afropop ♪)

01:11:44.791 --> 01:11:46.708
(All laughing)

01:14:42.458 --> 01:14:44.333
(♪ Women vocalizing ♪)