SOMALIA: Activists laud ban on FGM/C, say implementation will require more

SOMALIA: Activists laud ban on FGM/C, say implementation will require more:

NAIROBI, 13 August 2012 (IRIN) - Activists have welcomed a ban on female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in the new constitution of Somalia – a country where 96 percent of women undergo one of the more extreme forms of the practice – but warn that translating the law into action will require more than just a legal declaration.