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FGM in the UK will only end if attitudes shift from within communities

A landmark FGM conviction last week heralds a welcome change. But ending this practice requires both criminal and civil remedies.

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Activists at the launch of #MeTooFGM campaign against FGM, January 2018.

Activists at the launch of #MeTooFGM campaign against FGM, January 2018. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Archive/PA Images. All rights reserved.

The mother of a three-year-old girl became the first person in the UK to be found guilty of female genital mutilation (FGM) last week.