Complex sentence: Guindi writes that it is neither initiated by nor intended to appeal to men; during a conference on FGM in Khartoum in 1978, the men were reportedly shocked to learn that this was going on in their midst.
Split into simpler sentences: Guindi writes that it is neither initiated by nor intended to appeal to men. During a conference on FGM in Khartoum in 1978, Guindi writes that the men were shocked to learn this was going on in their midst.