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World Service,09 Jul 1997,13 mins,

Female Circumcision

Health Matters
Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

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***Warning: this programme contains descriptions of female genital mutilation and the health problems associated with it*** Discussion and in depth report on female genital mutilation (FGM). The procedure puts women and girls at immediate risk of infection and death, as well as longer term gynaecological problems relating to sexual health, pregnancy and childbirth. When this programme was first broadcast in 1997, the World Health Organisation had called for a ban eliminating within three generations.

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