An article out of Uganda:
Only educating girls can help eradicate female circumcision
Today, Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark the international day of zero-tolerance to FGM. There have been efforts to fight the practice in Uganda, but, among others, the practice is fuelled by poverty. Frederick Womakuyu writes that it is only through provision of scholarships to girls and benefits to the surgeons that the practice will be completely wiped out...
http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/459/670476
