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By Dayo Emmanuel Stakeholders have renewed calls for the total eradication of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), describing the practice as a grave violation of human rights and a crime against women and girls that must no longer be tolerated under any cultural or religious pretext. The call was made in Lagos on Thursday, 6th February, during an event organised by …

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The clamour for the control and the eradication of Female Genital Mutilation FGM) in Africa is still unlikely following the corruption and politics surrounding it.  FGM is an awkward cultural practice practiced by some African tribes performed on the girl child and women with hope to curtail their high sexual urge, promiscuity and to ensure easy and safe child birth. Recent …

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