Eve Ensler: Girls Around the World

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February 03, 2010

In this photo released by V-Day, Eve Ensler is joined by two women outside Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, eastern Congo. The hospital sees about 3,500 women a year suffering fistula and other severe genital injuries, victims of what a U.N. expert called the worst violence against women in the world. (AP)

Eve Ensler made the language of female anatomy an open book in “The Vagina Monologues.”

A decade and more on, her one-woman play has morphed into a rallying point against victimization of women worldwide.

Now, Ensler is turning her attention to girls. In her new book, “I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World,” she animates stories of girls abused, trafficked, mutilated, locked up in Facebook and lost.

And she champions girl power — which could and should, she says, save the world.

This hour, On Point: Eve Ensler on girls.

Guests:

Eve Ensler joins us from New York. Performer, activist, and Obie-winning playwright, she's best known for "The Vagina Monologues." Her new book is "I am an Emotional Creature: the Secret Life of Girls Around the World." You can read an excerpt here. She is also founder of the group V-Day, which works to end violence against women and girls across the globe.

This program aired on February 3, 2010.