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Critique of Manifesto to end FGM in the UK by 2030
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Published 31 January 2020
FGM activists, fronted by Professor Hilary Burrage, recently circulated a manifesto ‘only to those I am pretty sure have a serious interest in issues around female genital mutilation (FGM).’ This patently didn’t include me but others shared it.
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