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Female Genital Mutilation

authorities
The US movement against female genital mutilation is at a crossroads
Maasai women
Tens of thousands of married women in Uganda are secretly undergoing ‘the cut’
A man shows the logo of a T-shirt that reads "Stop the Cut"
Development
Female genital mutilation is illegal in the US. So why is it still happening?
Prisca Korein, a 62-year-old traditional surgeon, holds razor blades before carrying out female genital mutilation on teenage girls from the Sebei tribe in Bukwa district, about 357 kms (214 miles) northeast of Kampala, December 15, 2008.
Education
The movement that brought the UK’s female genital mutilation problem to light
Girls Forum
Global Politics
Saving teen girls from early marriage — and mutilation
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Music
This male rapper in Burkina Faso is trying to help stop female genital mutilation
Girls Club at the Merawi Primary School in Ethiopia
Saving Innocence: The Global Fight to End Child Marriage
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Maasai women
Health & Medicine
Why do these women in Kenya support female genital mutilation?
Health & Medicine
As legality of circumcision is debated, U.S. group recommends the practice
African reporter confronted with violent threats after story on female circumcision
Fighting FGM in Northern Iraq
Conflict & Justice
Female Circumcision Temporarily Stopped in Liberia
Conflict & Justice
Egypt bans female circumcision