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Efforts to tackle female genital mutilation have been hit, but the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office claims it is ‘steadfast’ in tackling the ‘scourge’ of FGM
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The UK has ended two major programmes to protect girls from female genital mutilation (FGM), The Independent has learned, despite successfully running for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council on a pledge to tackle the practice.
