Its shocking to realise that female genital mutilation has now been exported across the world. This trend calls for the International Community to unit and fight against the deadly practice. Below is an excerpt from the dailymail providing detailed information on how Uk has been affected by the vice:
Women who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) are living in 'virtually every part of England and Wales', with the highest rates being in London.
An estimated 137,000 women and girls are affected by FGM across the country, with the highest rate found in the London borough of Southwark.
In that borough, which is the southern part of the capital, one in every 20 women has been a victim while more than one in ten of their mothers have also gone through the same ordeal.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3169685/One-20-women-one-London-borough-fallen-victim-female-genital-mutilation-says-shock-new-report.html#ixzz3gbiyzfRa
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