This blog posts any and all news related to Female Genital Cutting (FGC). It tracks only content that discusses FGC as a main subject. The page is designed as a resource for researchers and those who want to keep up to date on this issue without slogging through google alerts or news pages. Original authors are responsible for their content. To suggest content please write to fgcblogger@gmail.com. FGC is also called female genital mutilation or FGM; FGM/C; or female circumcision.
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Campaign against female cut in Transmara
November 30, 2009
By NTVKenya
Campaigners are intensifying their efforts against female genital mutilation FGM in Maasai-land where the practice of female initiation remains common. In Transmara District, campaigners managed to take more than 100 girls through alternative rights of passage in a campaign that also sought to change the hearts and minds of the conservative community leaders.