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Guinea: Miss Guinea France 2011 Speaks Out against Excision

Written byAbdoulaye Bah
Translated byRhita Boufelliga

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Translation posted 20 March 2011 22:52 GMT

Interviewed by Mrs Nenette Baldé on the blog nenehawa.com, Binta Diallo, the winner of Miss Guinea France 2011, thinks [Fr] that: “The worst is that little Guinean girls associate excision with purity and believe that this is what will make them honorable, exceptional women. That's why I evoked the risks linked to this practice.”

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Written byAbdoulaye Bah
Translated byRhita Boufelliga

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