20 Parents Fined Over Female Genital Excisions
From Times Wire Reports
In the first ruling of its kind in Kenya, a court has fined 20 parents for forcing their daughters to undergo genital excisions, a newspaper in Nairobi, the capital, reported.
The parents pleaded guilty to assault charges. The parents were each fined about $25--Kenya’s average monthly wage--or, if they failed to pay, two months in jail, the newspaper said.
Female genital excision, legal in Kenya, is common practice in some of the nation’s many tribes.
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