Are governments refusing to recognise this as a problem?
No. Many governments accept the problem but they lack an approach to deal with it. There is an excuse that the law itself is not going to make a difference until we are able to educate people. But the work of educating people is being left to NGOs. A good example of where progress has been made is in Burkina Faso, where the government has made investments in ending the practice. Their last survey showed a dramatic reduction in the prevalence of FGM. In places with a 94 percent prevalence, it has dropped to 2 percent. Q: What was so successful about the Burkina Faso example? A: First, Burkina Faso has a law against FGM, which is critical as it is a formal expression of the government to say [that] the practice is unacceptable. Then, they have invested in informing the community publicly through radio. They established a hotline where people can alert the authorities of an initiation happening. If you don’t report it and are then found guilty of knowing of an initiation, then you are lia
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