General Article 'My mother didn’t want me to be cut': female genital mutilation in the UK

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Rahma’s mother didn’t want her daughter to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM), a procedure that involves cutting or removing a girl’s labia and clitoris.

By Sian Norris

But when Rahma’s aunt discovered the nine-year old hadn’t yet been cut, s...

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