Eighty cases of female genital mutilation were registered in Portugal last year.

The Secretary of State for Citizenship and Equality claims that the work being done to combat this most hideous of crimes against “women over the age of 15, in late adolescence or adulthood” is being effective but needs further work within Portugal’s foreign communities.

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