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Female genital mutilation: the UK’s hidden crime
It’s a potentially lethal practice that has been going on for generations, mainly in Africa, but also in the Middle East and Asia.
At least 200 million girls and women in 30 countries are “estimated”:http://www.unicef.org/media/files/FGMC_2016_brochure_final_UNICEF_SPREAD.pdf to have undergone female genital mutilation, or FGM.
In the UK, FGM is illegal. The exact scale of those affected is unknown – due to its hidden nature. But the British government estimates at least 170,000 women and gi…
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