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Title: Sadiq Khan urged to launch new campaign against FGM and to make London 'zero cutting city'
Post by: rangerrebew on April 26, 2017, 09:21:29 pm
Sadiq Khan urged to launch new campaign against FGM and to make London 'zero cutting city'

    Martin Bentham
    Tuesday 25 April 2017 11:15 BST

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been urged to launch a new campaign against FGM Alex Lentati

Sadiq Khan was today urged to lead a new campaign against female genital mutilation as a report called for London to be turned into a “zero cutting city” to protect girls from barbaric violence.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-urged-to-launch-new-fgm-campaign-and-make-london-zero-cutting-city-a3523006.html
The London Assembly said that “positive progress” was being made in the battle to eliminate FGM, with police, health staff and teachers all working to tackle the problem.