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Activists hail Sierra Leone child marriage ban, urge action on FGM

A young girl holds up a picture urging the end to the practice of FGM. © Equality Now

Sierra Leone this week adopted a landmark law banning child marriage, a move heralded by rights groups and foreign partners but leaving some activists demanding more action to end pervasive female genital mutilation (FGM) in the country.

Hundreds of thousands of girls are married before turning 18 in the West African nation, where a persistently patriarchal society puts women at risk of multiple forms of gender-based violence.

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