Reviewer ’s report  
Title: Pupil's perspectives on Female Genital Cutting abandonment in Hara ri and Somali regions 
of Ethiopia.  
 
Version: 2 Date: 17 Jan 2018  
 
Reviewer: Janice Rymer  
 
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I enjoyed reading this paper as it demonstrates that there is hope that the prevalence of FGM is 
decreasing and that education has a positive effect. It also highlights the major problem that it 
keeps going purely because it is a custom and mothers are ter rified that their daughters will not 
be marriageable if they are not circumcised.  
 
My only criticism is that FGM should be used rather than FGC as this is what WHO 
recommends and gives a more powerful message. I know this is controversial .  
 
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I recommend ad ditional statistical review  
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