A Stockholm-based journalist, who was working on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and recently won the Peabody award for her work on FGM in Africa, spoke to this paper on her beliefs, her work, and why FGM is still practised and is legal in some countries.

With India taking small, but definite steps to make the cut illegal, her perspective should resonate with all those following the issue. This city has seen a deep schism in the Bohra community, which predominantly practices FGM. There are two sides to the debate, but the winner's take was interesting that attitudes need to change along with laws to stamp out FGM.