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Article: Female Circumcision Denounced
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- June 30, 2000
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HARMONIE TOROS, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
06-30-2000
Female Circumcision Denounced
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Female circumcision can be eradicated within a generation, women's rights activists say, urging governments and international organizations to move against the practice through legislation and education.
An estimated 130 million women, most of them in Africa, have been subjected to ritual genital cutting -- a figure that is believed to grow by up to 2 million each year.
``I call upon more governments, more policy-makers, and the United Nations and other bodies to be stronger in terms of sending the message (that) 'this is wrong,''' said Nahid Toubia, co-author of ``Female ...