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Sema Gornell

Sema Gornell

CEO of The Vavengers, human rights expert, social entrepreneur, and FGM/C advocate based in London.

Aug 9, 2026

7:06
Can you tell me why it is the outcome of actually undergoing a procedure?
7:11
Well, consequences of FGM is huge.
7:15
So sometimes I will meet some survivors who will come to our hubs thinking their FGM wasn't as, you know, so-called severe.
7:23
They will be like, oh, I've only had type one.
7:25
It's not a big deal.
7:26
You know, I feel for the women who had type three, you know, mine is not that bad.
7:30
They're trying to minimize it in their heads.

15 MINS LATER

22:14
For those precise reasons, to help the passengers whose needs weren't immediately obvious because, you know, well, what's the statistics? I think globally it's one in six has a disability and, you know, it's estimated that up to 80% of that would be non-visible so they were like we've got a lot of passengers who either aren't traveling or who are traveling and are really struggling so that's where the genesis for the sunflower and I

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