Hundreds of Tanzanian Girls Run Away from Home to Avoid FGM

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Take a Look in "Debbies Window"

February 10, 2015

Some of the blunt and dirty tools used to carry out female circumcision in Tanzania, where 15 percent of women and girls are cut.(AP Photo)

TARIME, Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In a remote, deeply traditional corner of northern Tanzania, growing numbers of girls are running away from home to escape genital mutilation carried out during mass initiations.

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