A nun opens the door to the dormitory in Kalas Girls Primary School, Amudat District, Karamoja, Uganda, where some girls go to escape FGM and child marriage. Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been outlawed in Uganda since 2010, but aid workers and police say it's still being practiced by tribes in the northeast, including the Pokots, Sebei, Tepeth and Kadama.

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Keywords: abuse, adolescence, child, circumcision, culture, customs, cutting, dormitory, female, fgm, fistula, genital, girls, kalas, karamoja, mutilation, nun, pokot, primary, rights, school, sebei, traditions, tribal, tribes, uganda, unfpa, womens