Brussels, 15/06/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 14 June, the European Parliament voted through by 564 to 2 a resolution on ending female genital mutilation (FGM) to send a strong signal to the United Nations, member states and the European Commission to do what they can to penalise people carrying out FGM.
Each year, some three million girls around the world are at risk from MGF, some180,000 of them in Europe! These are disgusting figures for a barbaric tradition unrelated to religion,...