41.   Neither honor killing nor female genital mutilation has any basis in the Koran, she says.

42.   Nobody expects the sentence urging prohibition of genital mutilation to wipe it out.

43.   Not long ago, Dawit was telling a group of women about the ban on female genital mutilation.

44.   Opponents have been fighting what they denounce as female genital mutilation for more than half a century.

45.   Recently, the U.S. granted asylum to a young woman who fled the African nation of Togo after she faced genital mutilation in preparation for an arranged marriage.

46.   Rape, forced prostitution, genital mutilation, domestic violence and forced marriage are common.

47.   Senegal recently outlawed the practice of female genital mutilation.

48.   She said she had been protected from the tribal practices of polygamy and female genital mutilation by her wealthy father, a businessman who personally opposed the practices.

49.   She will also continue to campaign against female genital mutilation, while urging communities to come up with more symbolic rites of passage for girls at puberty.

50.   She compares her situation to that of African girls who undergo female genital mutilation, but she thinks her condition is even worse.