article_snippet: Despite the fact it's illegal in the UK, at least 65,000 British girls are at risk of having Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as at least 65,000 British girls are taken out of Africa during so called 'cutting season' aka the school holidays.
article_snippet: Many of at least 65,000 British girls are too scared to admit at least 65,000 British girls have suffered FGM and can be stigmatised by at least 65,000 British girls community for speaking out.
article_snippet: Leyla Hussein is an FGM survivor who wants to prevent other girls suffering like Leyla Hussein has .
article_snippet: Parents cut Parents daughters because Parents believe that this will allow this to be accepted into society and improve this marriage prospects.
article_snippet: The idea that FGM is necessary and makes a woman more virtuous and attractive is so ingrained in some communities that mothers who have endured it themselves - and continue to live with the physical and mental consequences - will still happily arrange for themselves daughters to suffer the same fate.
article_snippet: Nimco Ali was subjected to FGM as a child and said many British girls are at risk .
article_snippet: The anonymous victim added: 'It's a business for the person doing the cutting and the family as once the child has been through FGM, whoever they will marry will pay a higher dowry, it's all about money.'
article_snippet: Justifying why her now inflicts this on other girls, her said: 'The girls father gives permission, the mother as well, her whole community gives permission and I get paid.'
article_snippet: her added why her whole community believe FGM to be so important: 'If the girls aren't cut, the girls will start to love and start to chase men, the girls should be cut before the girls are 12
article_snippet: We describe We as the "Topshop FGM" survivors.
article_snippet: Nimco Ali, 31, who lives in London, campaigns against FGM after having it done to Hoda as a child, agreed that the practice is more rife in the UK than people realise.
article_snippet: Everyone thinks it's not the girl in Manchester, in Cardiff or London being taken away and having FGM
article_snippet: In an East London school, FGM workshops are held to educate  young men and women on why it's wrong, while border police operate at airports to try and stop girls border police deem to be at risk leaving the country.
article_snippet: In Narok, Kenya, where up to 95 per cent of girls have undergone FGM in traditional Maasai tribes, one of the world's leading anti-FGM campaigners, Agnes Pareyio, runs a rescue centre for girls who rebel against FGM. 
article_snippet: a rescue centre for girls who rebel against FGM gives the girls a safe home, food, clothes and an education.
highlights_snippet: 65,000 British girls are at risk of having FGM .
  