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In Finland, Parliament has voted in favour of making the ban on female genital mutilation more explicitly enshrined in law. With its decision, the legislature gave partial support to a citizens' initiative calling for a separate law banning FGM. Ujuni Ahmed is an FGM specialist and human rights activist in Helsinki. She been telling the Â鶹Éç's Esau Williams how widespread the practice of FGM in Finland is. (Photo: a women holding a blade in her hands. Credit: Getty Images)