Senegal: Villages vow to stop cutting girls

Submitted by wluml on Sun, 12/04/2005 - 00:00

Senegal
Violence against women
[violence] genital mutilation

Source:

IRIN Africa

Members of 70 villages from the country’s northeastern Matam region have publicly renounced female genital mutilation (FGM) as well as forced and early marriages.

Website Link:

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=50286&SelectRegion=West_Africa&Selec...