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Dropping the Knife: Gambia

Sue Lloyd Roberts travels to Gambia where she follows local activists as they try to persuade professional cutters to put an end to the tradition of female genital mutilation.

According to local charities in Gambia, 80 per cent of girls undergo female genital mutilation. Despite international outrage, campaigners and victims are getting little help from the developed world or from the country's former colonial power, Britain. For Our World, Sue Lloyd Roberts travels to Gambia where she follows local activists as they try to persuade professional cutters to put an end to the centuries' old tradition.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 20 Oct 201322:30GMT

Broadcasts

  • Fri 18 Oct 201323:30GMT
  • Sat 19 Oct 201311:30GMT
  • Sun 20 Oct 201317:30GMT
  • Sun 20 Oct 201322:30GMT