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    West Africans fight female genital mutilation in France

    West African immigrant activists have taken their fight against female genital mutilation (FGM) to France where as many as 50,000 immigrant women a year undergo the procedure, according to the French Institute of Demographic Studies.
    Taking the fight against FGM to a new battleground. (Image: IRIN)
    Taking the fight against FGM to a new battleground. (Image: IRIN)

    Female genital mutilation, a traditional initiation ceremony involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia for cultural or religious reasons, is practiced in 28 African countries, many of them in West Africa, according to the World Health Organization.

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