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	answer has question	zmc2yWsf
	answer has answering person	Wendy Morton
	answer text	<p>Female Genital Mutilation is a human rights abuse and an extreme form of gender discrimination. Criminalising FGM and properly enforcing the law is key to ending the practice. The UK has already supported The Gambia, Nigeria, and Mauritania to make FGM illegal. DFID recently allocated £2.5 million to the UN, to work with governments to enforce laws in countries where FGM is already illegal but continues to be practised. Evidence shows that legal change is a critical step towards changing attitudes towards FGM. But this must be part of a multi-pronged approach with community-led change at its heart. The UK supports the Africa-led Movement to end FGM, which works at several levels, including by empowering grassroots activists to hold their governments to account.</p>
	answer given date	2020-02-25
	answer has answering body	Department for International Development
	written answer has answering body	Department for International Development
Department for International Development	answering body has written answer	UlTl3cKl
Department for International Development	answering body has answer	UlTl3cKl
zmc2yWsf	question has answer	UlTl3cKl
Wendy Morton	answering person has answer	UlTl3cKl