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FGM traditions run deeper than Kenyan law passed in 2011

Draped in animal skin and covered in white paint, four teenage girls squat over large stones in a remote village in Baringo County, after undergoing female genital mutilation which was banned three years ago.

Many Kenyan women have undergone the ordeal, seen as a rite of passage for girls despite government efforts to end it.

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