Khadija Gbla

Khadija Gbla (born c. 1988) is an Australian feminist and human rights activist She works as a cultural consultant, a keynote speaker and an anti- female genital mutilation (FGM) campaigner, based in South Australia.

[3] Female genital mutilation (FGM) was performed on Gbla by an old woman in the Gambia when she was nine, removing her clitoris and labia minora.

[1] Gbla volunteered for a charity in South Australia called Women's Health Statewide, which is when she realised that she was a victim of FGM.

[5] Working as a peer educator for the charity, she helps others to understand what FGM is, where it happens and the cultural beliefs that surround it.

She has advised the South Australian Government Minister's Youth Council on organising camps and activities for newly-arrived refugees and has raised awareness about sexual and mental health issues among her peers.