Female genital mutilation: Around 125.000 women and girls still affected in France
This Monday February 6th marks the UN's International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. The practice - which consists of removing a part of the clitoris - is illegal in France. But according to one French NGO, as many as 125,000 women and girls in the country are believed to be affected. Young girls are often mutilated while on holiday abroad with their families. FRANCE 24's journalists Olivia Bizot and Sonia Baritello met up with Assa, who told them about her physical and psychological recovery.