This was the first multilateral announcement to renounce the practice of female genital cutting in Senegal.

The first declaration had been organised by the Senegalese imam Demba Diawara and the American charity worker Molly Melching.

[3] On 14 February 1998 fifty representatives from twelve nearby villages met to commit to this change.

[2] First Lady Hillary Clinton visited Senegal and in support of the villages who had abandoned FGC publicly.

[6] Local leaders became heroes and Aissa Tou Sarr who had been the woman who carried out the FGC for $8.60 had bravely chosen to end what had been her skill and contribution.