Efforts to ban female genital mutilation

06 Feb 2012By Peggy Giakoumelos

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Zero tolerance is the message from the United Nations this year on female genital mutilation, or cutting.

 

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Zero tolerance is the message from the United Nations this year on female genital mutilation, or cutting.

 

The practice has no known health benefits and is usually performed for cultural reasons.

 

Peggy Giakoumelos reports.

 

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