Despite a global ban on female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), and extensive advocacy campaigns and grassroots efforts to eradicate the practice, more than 200 million girls and women alive today have been cut, and in a few countries, FGM/C rates are on the rise. In others,…
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The Cutting Tradition
The Cutting Tradition is a 47-minute film, narrated by Meryl Streep, commissioned by FIGO – the International Federation of Obstetricians & Gynecologists. Filmed in Ethiopia, Egypt, Djibouti, Burkina Faso and the UK, it looks at the reasons for female genital…
