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Female Genital Mutilation - horrifying and widespread, despite bans

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Last night, my Twitter timeline came alive during Newsnight due to a report about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). You can watch it here (skip to 19:46m): http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01c985w/Newsnight_15_02_2012/ So many people were horrified by the fact that 90% of Egyptian women have suffered FGM. This informative article http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241726.php gives the rates for many other countries: for instance, it's 97% in Somalia too. No woman can listen ...

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