TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY HELEN VESPERINI A woman gestures as she takes part with other young women and men in a discussion on female genital mutilation (FGM) at an after school program for children's rights at Sheikh Nuur primary school in Hargeysa on February 19, 2014. The centuries old tradition of female circumcision is on the decline in northern Somalia, though it continues to have some of the highest rates of women who have undergone the practice in the world. AFP PHOTO/ Nichole Sobecki (Photo credit should read Nichole Sobecki/AFP/Getty Images)
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