Pokot women walk through forest on the Kadam Mountains in Karamoja, northeastern Uganda. It is only in the last few years that the Pokot people will let visitors climb the mountains with them to see where they worship spirits. 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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