The nascent conflict around female genital mutilation seems to have calmed down – at least, for the time being. (c) Vladimir Vyatkin / RIA Novosti. All rights reserved.
In August, the Russian Justice Initiative published a study detailing how female genital mutilation is practised in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan — to scandalous effect. And now, just as the debate inside and outside Dagestan cools, Russia’s general prosecutor’s office has requested the republic’s government to investigate the matter.
