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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ellie Iorizzo

Sabrina Elba supports campaign against FGM, saying she has a ‘moral duty’

Activist and UN goodwill ambassador Sabrina Dhowre Elba said she felt it was her “moral duty” to support a campaign against female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) which is “prevalent” in her Somalian culture.

Ms Elba, who married Luther actor Idris Elba in 2019, was at the House of Lords on Monday with London-based charity The Vavengers, to launch the One Question Campaign which was born from the NHS’s lack of data on the scale of FGM/C in the UK.

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