FGM still happening as perpetrators move girls to neighbouring countries – Upper West Gender Director

The Upper West Regional Director of the Department of Gender, Charity Bature, has disclosed that perpetrators of female genital mutilation (FGM) continue to exploit cross-border family ties and social events such as funerals to secretly transport young girls out of Ghana to have the practice carried out.


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