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Article: Female Circumcision: Medical Experts Describe it as Barbaric
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- Israel Faxx
- Article date:
- September 7, 1995
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By Laurie Kassman (VOA-Cairo)
A year ago, the Population Conference in Cairo was shaken by the broadcast of a graphic report about female genital mutilation. Egyptian authorities reacted angrily. So did an unbelieving Egyptian society. They refused to deal with the problem itself and instead attacked the messenger. But efforts continue to try to stop the practice of so-called female circumcision -- a practice medical experts describe as barbaric.
When CNN broadcast a report on the circumcision of a 10-year-old Egyptian girl a year ago, it sent shock waves through Egyptian society. It showed a barber performing the brutal operation at a family celebration.
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