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100,000 women undergo genital mutilation in Britain
Sunday April 22, 2012 07:34:01 PM,
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London: About
100,000 women in Britain have undergone female genital
mutilations, with some medics in the country offering to carry out
the illegal procedure on girls as young as 10, it has been
reported.
The Sunday Times' investigators claim to have secretly filmed a
doctor, dentist and alternative medicine practitioner who were
allegedly willing to perform circumcisions or arrange for the
operation to be carried out.
The practice, involving the surgical removal of external genitalia
and in some cases the stitching of the vaginal opening, is illegal
in Britain. It can invite up to 14-year-imprisonment, the Daily
Mail reported.
It is also against the law to arrange female genital mutilation (FGM).
Known as "cutting", the procedure is traditionally carried out for
cultural reasons and in Africa and with large numbers of
immigration from countries like Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia, it is
becoming more common in Britain.
It is believed to be proof of a girl's "purity" when she marries.
The victims, however, often suffer in silence and are rarely given
anaesthetic.
Research suggests anually up to 6,000 girls in London are at a
risk of the potentially fatal procedure, and over 22,000 in
Britain as a whole.
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