Uganda’s president condemns female genital mutilation and vows to ban the practice « UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases

Uganda’s president condemns female genital mutilation and vows to ban the practice

By Lisa

South Africa’s Mail & Guardian reports that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will enact a law banning female circumcision, or female genital mutilation.

According to a recent United Nations resolution against the practice, between 100 and 140 million women worldwide are victims of the practice.

Tags: female circumcision, female genital mutilation, Yoweri Museveni, United Nations, politics

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One Response to “Uganda’s president condemns female genital mutilation and vows to ban the practice”

Des Says:
August 1, 2009 at 7:07 am | Reply
That is a terrible ordeal for any women having to go through circumcision, I really hope he does get that banned, so no woman has to go through that.

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