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Genital mutilation on rise in Covid-19 constrained in Africa The pandemic has created a perfect storm for proponents of cutting: vulnerable girls stuck at home without teachers’ protection 07 February 2021 - 08:13 Nita Bhalla This photo taken on January 30 2018 shows a warning sign against female genital mutilation (FGM) in Katabok village, northeast Uganda. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/AFP PHOTO/YASUYOSHI CHIBA Nairobi — When Margaret heard the family making plans for her genital cutting ceremony last August, the 15-year-old Kenyan schoolgirl knew there was no room for ne...

NIMCO ALI I was subjected to FGM on holiday and my teacher didn’t care – no more girls should have to suffer the same violence Comment 6 Feb 2021, 8:00 Updated: 6 Feb 2021, 8:44 I WAS born in Somaliland in East Africa but grew up in the UK. Aged seven, I underwent female genital mutilation (FGM) during a trip to see relatives in Dijbouti, Africa, over the summer holidays. When I came back to the UK, I told my teacher about the trip, but she told me this “happened to girls like me”. 4 British Somali activist Nimco Ali says more needs to be done to end FGMCredit: Getty Images - Getty

When Margaret heard the family making plans for her genital cutting ceremony last August, the 15-year-old Kenyan schoolgirl knew there was no room for negotiation.

Covid-19 creates 'fertile ground' for rise in female genital mutilation in Africa By Reuters By Nita Bhalla Nairobi - When Margaret heard the family making plans for her genital cutting ceremony last August, the 15-year-old Kenyan schoolgirl knew there was no room for negotiation. Her school in rural, western Kenya had been closed for five months due to the pandemic, and with no certainty when classes would resume, Margaret's parents decided she should wed. "They wanted me to be cut so I could be married and they would get dowry," Margaret told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone from a t...

Nairobi, February 5  When Margaret heard the family making plans for her genital cutting ceremony last August, the 15-year-old Kenyan schoolgirl knew there was no room for negotiation. Her scho