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Calls to end FGM dominate International Women's Day fete

Parents collude with local circumcisers to have their daughters cut as symbol of transition into adulthood.

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by ABDIKADIR CHARI

Big-read09 March 2023 - 09:59
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Marsabit Deputy Governor Solomon Gubo distributes sanitary pads to girls

Leaders and residents of Marsabit used International Women's Day to intensify calls for an end to female genital mutilation, which is already a crime in Kenya but remains widespread.

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