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Underage Kuria girls after undergoing female circumcision (FGM) walk along Kehancha-Migori road in Kuria West. Despite the ban on FGM, some communities still secretly carry out the practice. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]
A cross-country initiative has been launched to stop movement of girls from Kenya to Tanzania so as to undergo the female cut during the Easter holiday.
Human rights activists from the two countries affirmed their resolve to work with authorities to stop cross-border female genital mutilation (FGM).
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