Spain: Operation FGM

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***Some listeners may find parts of this programme upsetting and it is sexually explicit*** In Barcelona, a doctor offers reconstructive surgery to women who had female genital mutilation when they were children. Recorded over six months, Linda Pressly hears the stories of Rosa and Wenkune - Spanish women of African origin. FGM has caused them both a good deal of trauma. Will the operation change how they feel about themselves? What difference will it make to their intimate relationships? And what motivates Dr Barri Soldevila - a busy surgeon in a private hospital - to prioritise these procedures and offer them free of charge? (Image: An African woman’s hand on a hospital bed. Credit: Getty Images)