Ten villages in Niger have agreed, after months of discussion and reflection with the help of Unicef, to renounce genital cutting for the village’s girls. The practice has fallen dramatically in recent years, now done on only 2 percent of the country’s girls, but in western Niger it is still common. The decision will allow Unicef to step up its work in another 10 villages, the UN organization says.
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 15 April 2009 at 20:53 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 15 April 2009.
Filed under: World news
Tags: genital cutting, girls, mutilation, Niger, Unicef
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