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Activists fight FGM practice in Sierra Leone

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Sierra Leone has been focused on reviving itself following the deadly Ebola outbreak that ravaged the country.

Now that that has been done, some of Sierra Leone’s other issues have returned, among them, the country’s more divisive cultural practices – and the people who fight to protect the most vulnerable.

About 90% of the country’s women have undergone Female Genital Mutilation.

The practice is quite a deeply embedded culture, and activists are now proposing to remove the act of cutting from the Bondo initiation.

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