Rising trend of cross-border trafficking for FGM poses new threat
The prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya has fallen by ten percent in the last ten years.
This is a testament to the country’s increasingly punitive laws for female circumcisers and the establishment of monitors in rural areas to ensure these laws are enforced.
But as rescue homes begin to empty, a new trend is threatening to derail Kenya’s fight against the harmful practice.