<figure><img src="https://cdn.worldpulse.org/images/post/60224/91785/post_image_gallery/e7f3e05db2f94691623f3b26f528ebef/img_20190821_105517_065.jpg" alt /><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="https://cdn.worldpulse.org/images/post/60224/91785/post_image_gallery/63c3c2a37d7e21bc7a47ded6de62a02a/image_52867d22-f88a-4304-9f98-7ee1c6045fb320190821_113547.jpg" alt /><figcaption></figcaption></figure><a href="/hashtags/fgm">#fgm</a> has lasting physical and mental consequences that  we are educating our communities so that girls and women no longer have to suffer in silence. Many parents no longer wants their daughters to be circumcised  because they have been sensitized about the consequences. <a href="/hashtags/endfgm">#endFGM</a>

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