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Village by village, the quest to stop female genital cutting in Somaliland

A group of women attend a meeting organised by Somaliland Family Health Association (SOFA) in Sanani, Somaliland, on June 30, 2019. [Thomson Reuters Foundation]

When Mumtas Khadar turned nine she couldn't wait for the ritual undertaken by every woman in her village in Somaliland in northeast Africa that she believed would make her more beautiful.

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