The Price of Pleasure: in Burkina Faso and Germany

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Over 100 million women in Africa have suffered genital mutilation - often as an accepted cultural or religious practice. As Sue Lloyd Roberts discovers, help has been offered from an unlikely source - the Raelian sect, who believe that the world is run by extra-terrestrials, and the purpose of life is the pursuit of pleasure. Yet as she explains, the Raelians' attempts to set up a clinic to help these women has not been an easy process. In Germany, prostitution has been legal for over a decade. Visiting various establishments - from a 'megabrothel' employing 80 women to a dominatrix's private dungeon - Damien McGuinness investigates whether legalisation has made life any safer for Germany's prostitutes. Presenter: Pascale Harter Producer: Ben Weisz