Explanation of a news for my English class In most countries of Africa, FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) is practiced, shamely. As global society evolves we keep trying to eradicate actions that violate the rights a human has, as for FGM, it seems it is practically gone, however, it is not. A lot of Kenyan girls are going to stay at schools during Christmas because they are afraid their parents will force them to proceed FGM. The reason they force their daughters to do this is that by doing this they obtain dowry as cows from the family of her future husband. FGM is actually illegal but it is still practiced in a huge way. Protection is given to these girls to make sure they do not suffer from that. The statistic claims at least 20% of Kenyan girls have been circumcised and sadly they are also forced to marry at a really young age, like at 14 years old, which should not even be legal. This news resumes what is happening right now in this country of Africa, how parents behave and how daughters feel about it, as well as the statistic of this “traditional initiation”. It’s such a controversial issue because of “tradition”, but probably, from a 1st world point of view, human rights are 300 times more important than ancient customs which remain in actual society with no actual sense coming from a religious background.