The audio report on female genital mutilation begins at 12:19 minutes in the above link to the BBC radio program From Our Own Correspondent.
Female Genital Mutilation is classified as a human rights abuse by the U.N., but a recent bill in The Gambia sought to overturn a ban on the practice. Reporting with the Pulitzer Center, Sira Thierij visited a community where activists were working hard to change the minds of locals hanging on to long-held cultural beliefs.
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