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Women hail victory as Sudan moves to ban genital cutting

A doctor gives medical advice about female genital mutilation to a woman in Egypt, where the practice is already banned

Hakam Ibrahim was seven when, like most Sudanese girls, she became a victim of female genital mutilation -- an age-old practice decried as horrific that the post-revolution government is now banning.

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