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FGM Activists - Fuambai Ahmadu and Nimco Ali
Should female genital mutilation have a place in the 21st Century?
Depending on your point of view you can call it female circumcision, cutting, or more graphically female genital mutilation. But whatever the label it's become a hugely contentious practice in countries across Africa and beyond. Stephen Sackur speaks to two guests with first-hand experience - Fuambai Ahmadu is co-founder of the group African Women are Free to Choose, and Nimco Ali is co-creator of the Daughters of Eve movement. Should FGM have a place in the 21st Century?
(Photo: Left to right, Fuambai Ahmadu and Nimco Ali)
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