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<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 […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThi...

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".