The Scottish Conservatives are today launching a new campaign demanding tougher laws to prosecute those who engage in, or encourage, the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Scotland.
It is estimated that around 170,000 women and girls in the UK have suffered FGM, and experts believe that the true number is likely to be much higher because so few victims seek medical help.
Although FGM has been explicitly illegal since 1985, there has never been a successful prosecution in Scotland.