Program Analyst of United Nations Population Fund Esther Cherop (R) speaks with girls who escaped from female genital mutilation (FGM) or child marriage, at Kalas Girl's primary school at Amudat town in the northeast of Uganda on January 31, 2018. The UN estimates that over 200 million girls and women have experienced FGM which is a life-threatening procedure that involves the partial or total removal of a woman's external genitalia. February 6, 2018, marks the 6th International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM. / AFP PHOTO / Yasuyoshi CHIBA