Despite public health campaigns and widespread criticism, female genital mutilation continues in the West, a practice from African and Middle Eastern cultures imported via immigrant communities. Traditionally believed to control female sexuality and make girls "marriageable", FGM can have devastating health effects and maim women for life. Worries are high in the United States that some families will take advantage of the summer school holidays to send their daughters back to home countries to have the procedure done, and aid groups in New York are helping young women to avoid that fate.Duration: 02:17