Anti-Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) activists from 28 African and Arab countries want their respective Governments to come up with specific legislation prohibiting the practice. In a petition dubbed the Cairo Declaration, the activists want all Governments to adopt an appropriate law which will lead to the prevention and subsequent abandonment of FGM worldwide.
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