He persuaded a group of villages to co-operate to renounce Female Genital Cutting.

Diawara believed that in order for Keur Simbara to renounce FGM then he would need to persuade the villages wider social network.

[3] Diawara spent months persuading other villages to join Keur Simbara and this led to a combined announcement at Diabougou.

Keur Simbara has received Ministers from other countries and its representatives were praised by their own President and Hillary Clinton.

In the past women were afraid to speak publicly and they would avoid men having meetings.