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“My mother didn’t want me to be cut”: female genital mutilation in the UK

Sian Norris on November 21, 2019November 22, 2019

Official data reveals that over 22,000 women and girls in the UK have undergone female genital mutilation - but the tide is turning against this abusive practice.

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