Guinea: Putting an End to Female Genital Cutting

In Guinea, as in most West African nations, female genital cutting was, until recently, common practice. Prior to 1998, roughly 90 percent of Guinean women were circumcised. While the government enacted legislation banning the practice in 1984, the law was only recently enforced as a result of several deaths, vigorous campaigning by CPTAFE, a national women's rights NGO, and the public outspokenness of the First Lady and Minister of Social Affairs.