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11/09/2018 UK and US border officials join forces in bid to tackle FGMBritish police and border security will share intelligence on female genital mutilation with US counterparts as part of a drive to increase prosecutions and prevent abuse.
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10/08/2018 Liberian Women Form United Front to Ensure Passage of Domestic Violence BillThey are still active in their constituencies and we want them to lead the awareness on this bill and other issues like FGM.
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10/08/2018 Armed with music, Egyptians fight FGM and child marriageChild marriage is banned in Egypt, but around 17 percent of girls are wed by their 18th birthday and 2 percent before they reach 15.
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09/08/2018 Six Pokot girls circumcised, two parents arrestedA man shows the logo of a T-shirt that reads 'Stop the Cut', referring to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), during a social event advocating against harmful practices at Imbirikani Girls High School.
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09/08/2018 Death By a Thousand CutsLast month, a 10-year-old Somali girl bled to death as a direct result of being subjected to female genital mutilation. In Somalia, FGM is not outlawed and is universally practiced, despite its enormous serious health consequences.
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08/08/2018 How the 2003 Female Genital Mutilation Act can protect women at risk in the UKSarian shares her personal story and talks about how the 2003 Female Genital Mutilation Act has protected women and girls at risk in the UK.
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08/08/2018 Seventeen girls escape from early marriage and FGMSome of the 35 girls at Tangulbei Primary school in Tiaty sub-county who have been forced to stay at the school to evade Female Genital Mutilation.
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08/08/2018 My wounds have made me an anti-FGM warrior, says Marsabit activist Nuria GolloGollo, 51, is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of MWADO, a community -based organisation, which is focused on the empowerment of women and girls in Marsabit county.
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07/08/2018 Somalia is prosecuting female genital mutilation (FGM) for the first time in the nation’s historySomalia is prosecuting female genital mutilation (FGM) for the first time in the nation’s history after a 10-year-old girl died from the procedure last week.
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03/08/2018 Take Steps to Eliminate FGMThe National Working Group against Female Genital Mutilation (NAWOGAFGM), says now is the time for state actors to take positive steps at eliminating the practices of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision.
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