IN 1998, United Nations organisations, civil society groups and other institutions in Tanzania working to stop female genital mutilation or FGM, got together and brainstormed a campaign to end the practice in the country.
The result was the passing by Parliament of the Sexual Offences Special Provisions Act (SOSPA), which criminalises the ageold practice and signifying that a girl should remain the way she was born. Since then, the anti- FGM campaign has been ramping up with extensive media outreach, opening a new dialogue about this once-taboo issue in the country.
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