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Calls for Nigeria to Enact Laws on Female Genital Mutilation

Federal and State legislatures have been urged by Rita Maduagwu, the speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, to enact laws against the practice she described as a violation of the human rights of both girls and women.

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Graffiti opposing female genital mutilation or cutting.

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