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Former 'cutters' re-enact FGM ceremony to highlight dangers Tuesday is International Day of Zero Tolerance for female genital mutilation, or FGM. The UN is working with local NGOs and community leaders in Uganda to try to stamp out the illegal practice, but it continues in secret in some parts of Sebei and Amudat districts. In Sebei, local elders and young people re-enacted a circumcision ceremony to help highlight the dangers of the practice, while former “cutters” in Amudat district showed some of the tools that they used to use before giving up the practice. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES*REFILING TO ADD BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN HEADLINE AND INTRO