An African aid group opposed to female genital mutilation receives the Hilton Prize for humanitarian work.
There was a debate on female genital mutilationbecause Julia Lalla-Maharaj, founder of End FGM Now, a lobbygroup, won a contest on YouTube.
And no matter what the law says, many children are ill-protected from such traditional practices as genital mutilation, torture under sorcery, and under-age marriage.