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“I didn’t want anyone else to be tormented like I was,” one victim said. “Someone must put their foot down and say: ‘Enough.’”

She remembers it all: How female relatives held her down when she was 11, legs spread and genitals exposed. The fear that stiffened her body. The stranger in black holding the scissors. And the pain. Like so many others, the 34-year-old Egyptian woman has lived with the psychological and physical repercussions of that day, when…

She remembers it all: How female relatives held her down when she was 11, legs spread and genitals exposed. The fear that stiffened her body. The stranger in black holding the scissors. And the pain.

A global target aims to eradicate the deeply entrenched practice of female genital cutting by 2030. Meanwhile, some women living with the consequences of a practice many activists call “mutilation” have been embarking on deeply personal journeys to heal. They search for answers, sometimes scouring the Internet, amid shame or secrecy that may surround the practice or possible related sexual complications. Prevalent in parts of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, cutting is performed in communit...

CAIRO (AP) -- She remembers it all: How female relatives held her down when she was 11, legs spread and genitals exposed. The fear that stiffened her

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/after-their-genitals-were-cut-some-women-search-for-healing/"></div>CAIRO (AP) — She remembers it all: How female relatives held her down when she was 11, legs spread and genitals exposed. The fear that stiffened her body. The stranger in black holding the scissors. And the pain. Like so many others, the 34-year-old Egyptian woman has lived with the psychological and physical repercussions of ...

A global target aims to end the practice by 2030 and protect the next generations of girls, but campaigners acknowledge the difficulties.

Despite ban, UK females are falling victims of female genital mutilation (FMG), while according to statistics, every year more than 3,000 females are

Basma Kamel (pictured) is a student at London Metropolitan University and she was a victim of FGM at nine years old, after going on a vacation with her mother in Egypt before moving to the UK.

Basma Kamel's mother told her female genital mutilation would allow her to be a "good wife".