Two of the EU's most senior officials, both of them women, have promised to help eradicate the modern-day horror that will traumatise another 3 million girls in Africa this year - female genital mutilation.
The UN, on the occasion of an international anti-mutilation day on Sunday (6 February), said the ritual practice has already scarred between 100 million and 142 million women alive today, the vast majority of them in Africa.
In EU neighbour Egypt, prevalence of the practice - c...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.