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Campaigning against female genital mutilation

Lyndsey Melling, BristolJuly 1, 2014

The practice of cutting the sex organs of young girls, also known as female genital mutilation - or FGM - is still practiced around the world. One Somali woman is campaigning to stop FGM, despite extreme opposition.

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Portrait of Muna Hassan in a school in Bristol, copyright: Lyndsey Melling
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