It's illegal in this country for girls to be circumcised, but despite that, an estimated six thousand girls every year are at risk.
Today is the second reading in the House of Commons of Anne Clwyd's private members bill to toughen the current legislation, making it illegal to take girls abroad to be circumcised. We hear from a group of Somali women who, as children, underwent the most extreme form of genital mutilation. Christine McCafferty MP, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health and Nana Otoo Oyortey, chair of Forward (Foundation for Women's Health & Research Development join Martha to discuss. For more information call the BBC Actionline on 0800 044 044 Further information: FORWARD Tel: 020 7725 2606 and RAINBO Tel: 020 7625 3400
