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Concern over married women undergoing Female genital mutilation

Elgeyo Marakwet, Kenya: There is an emerging trend that is seeing an increase in the number of married women undergoing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

Woman Rep Dr Susan Chebet said perpetrators have devised ingenious ways of circumcising these women with the cut often being administered during childbirth so as not to arouse suspicion.

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