About 741 girls underwent Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Marigat sub-county in Baringo last year, according to a survey. The survey carried out in 18 locations in Marigat by the Women Rights Institute for Peace (WRIP) shows that at least one married woman from the mentioned locations was also circumcised during in 2013 According to the WRIP Executive Director Mariam Suleiman at least 200 girls escaped the cut in Marigagt last year by attending alternative rites of passage organized by various groups who champion the war against the fgm. Suleiman further said that out of the total girls...
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