The article reports, ” Campaigners against female circumcision scored a major victory Monday with the approval by a key U.N. committee of a resolution calling for a global ban on female genital mutilation. The resolution, adopted by consensus by the U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee, calls the practice harmful and a serious threat to the psychological, sexual and reproductive health of women and girls.”
Read the full article at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/key-un-committee-approves-resolution-calling-for-a-global-ban-on-female-genital-mutilation/2012/11/26/426b7f0a-3839-11e2-9258-ac7c78d5c680_story.html
Related piece from Amnesty International: http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/fight-against-female-genital-mutilation-wins-un-backing-2012-11-26
