[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN looks to stop FGM within a generation

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN panel: Foreign fighters are widespread in Syria, Iraq Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   October 31, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story UN looks to stop FGM within a generation United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday began a global campaign against female genital mutilation, including an effort to improve and inform reporting. "The mutilation of girls and women must stop in this generation, our generation," he says. 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