Talking Female Circumcision Out of Existence
There is nothing more difficult than changing entrenched cultural practices, especially those as shrouded in taboos as female genital cutting.
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There is nothing more difficult than changing entrenched cultural practices, especially those as shrouded in taboos as female genital cutting.
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