Activists Welcome Nigeria’s Ban On FGM, Warn Attitudes Must Change To End Practice

Thomson Reuters Foundation: FGM campaigners: Nigeria ban welcome, but work not over
“Activists on Friday welcomed Nigeria’s new law banning female genital mutilation (FGM), but warned that legislation alone will not be enough to eradicate the practice…” (D’Urso, 5/29).

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