大象传媒

When Outlook Inspirations nominee Nice Leng'ete was eight years old, she was to due be circumcised. Then, according to Maasai tradition, she would be a woman and ready for marriage. She told Jo Fidgen how she begged her grandfather to postpone and set about persuading the village elders to drop the practice.

This interview was first broadcast on 23rd January 2018.

You can find the other nominees for Outlook Inspirations 2018 here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05ydg2t

Image: Nice Leng'ete
Credit: Amref Health Africa