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Senegal Curbs a Bloody Rite for Girls and Women

SARE HAROUNA, Senegal — When Aissatou Kande was a little girl, her family followed a tradition considered essential to her suitability to marry. Her clitoris was sliced off with nothing to dull the pain. [+info]

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Africa’s New Agents of Progress in Female Health: Traditional Male Chiefs

Some groups are making strides at ending child marriage and female genital mutilation by reaching out to the men in charge. [+info]

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