http://www.unfpa.org/news/%E2%80%9Cnever-ever%E2%80%9D-again-%E2%80%93-former-circumciser-calls-end-fgm
Asiya Hamed is a woman who was a traditional birth attendant and female circumciser in her community, the Afambo District in Ethiopia. She now advocates for the ending of Female Circumcision/Female Genital Mutilation (FC/FGM).
After training through the Afar Pastoralist Development Association 2 years ago, she has become active in ending FC. She says that she thought she was “helping” women and girls and now realizes how it can cause harm to them (shock, hemorrhaging, difficulty during birth).
It should be noted that in this community, FC is traditionally done on girls within 7 days of being born; the article does not specify which “type” is being performed.