Khadija Gbla： My mother’s strange definition of empowerment

Khadija Gbla： My mother’s strange definition of empowerment ｜ TED https://diler.tube/videos/watch/29b8c5b1-f71e-41af-a993-aef7decc1125 Khadija Gbla grew up caught between two definitions of what it means to be an “empowered woman.” While her Sierra Leonean mother thought that circumsizing her — and thus stifling her sexual urges — was the ultimate form of empowerment, her culture as a teenager in Australia told her that she deserved pleasure and that what happened to her was called “female genital mutilation.” In a candid and funny talk, she shares what it was like to make her way in a “clitoris-centric society,” and how she works to make sure other women don’t have to figure this out. (Warning: This talk contains hard-to-hear details.) Author: TED Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:09:21 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://diler.tube Khadija Gbla： My mother’s strange definition of empowerment ｜ TED https://diler.tube/lazy-static/avatars/f58b270a-6076-478a-ad43-3888a532ecb4.png https://diler.tube/videos/watch/29b8c5b1-f71e-41af-a993-aef7decc1125 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://diler.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.