The Girl Summit

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The Girl Summit was held in London last month to tackle issues of female genital mutilation (FGM) and childhood forced marriage. Hosted by the UK government and children's charity Unicef, the summit was attended by international politicians, campaigners and women who have undergone FGM. Nesta McGregor spoke to Magreth, a victim of FGM and childhood forced marriage who had come over from Tanzania to attend the summit. In this extract he begins by asking her about how she underwent FGM... *Her answers have been translated by an actress, she talks about some subjects which some people may find distressing.