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Nigeria’s bill targeting FGM is a positive step, but must be backed by investment

A gender violence law seeking to ban female genital mutilation must be supported by efforts to tackle the attitudes that underpin abuses against women. [+info]

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Nigeria’s female genital mutilation ban is important precedent, say campaigners

As the outgoing president, Goodluck Jonathan, bans FGM in one of his final acts, groups look to the last African nations who have not yet made it illegal [+info]

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