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Even in countries where female genital mutilation is an age-old tradition, the belief that it should be eliminated is growing. For example, women who have themselves been mutilated are working at the grassroots level to eliminate female genital mutilation in Kenya, Gambia, Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Egypt, Burkina Faso, and the United Kingdom¹. Moreover, the Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children is organizing efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation². Even the World Health Assembly has proclaimed that such practices "restrict the attainment of the goals of health, development and human rights for . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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