Press Release: Joint statement by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton and European Commission Vice-President Viviane Reding on the International Day against Female Genital Mutilation, Brussels, 6 February 2011

6 February marks the International Day against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). This is an opportunity to remind the world that the European Union condemns this abhorrent practice that severely violates the human rights and dignity of hundreds of thousands women and girls.

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