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<p>Today a girl is about one-third less likely to be cut than 30 years ago, but UNICEF
estimates that at least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone Female
Genital Mutilation (FGM). The UK leads the world in our support to the Africa-led
movement to end FGM. Since 2013, our programmes have enabled 8,000 communities, representing
24 million people, to pledge to abandon FGM, and over 3 million girls to receive FGM
protection and care services.</p><p>We know, however, that more needs to be done and
in 2018 we announced a further £50 million UK aid package – the biggest single investment
worldwide to date by any international donor – to tackle this issue across the most-affected
countries in Africa.</p>
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