After Kilimanjaro

• More than 200 million women and girls around the world have been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM).

• Interest in volunteering abroad is booming. In recent years, approximately 1.6 million people “gave back” abroad annually, and medical outreach is especially popular.

• Tales of strong women physicians is an untapped market. 19% of practicing surgeons in the US are female, and women currently make up nearly half of the residents in surgery training programs.

• Women's fiction comprises approximately 60% of adult popular fiction paperbacks.

AUDIENCE:

• People who are interested in volunteer tourism, particularly millennials.

• People who are interested in women’s health issues

• Supporters of the #MeToo movement

• People who are interested in African life and culture

• People who enjoy reading a good love story