she wanted to feel physically whole again - to get back what was taken from her. >> ghada hatem gives she can. >> which doctor? >> doctor hatem. >> many affected women from the africa community trust this doctor who immigrated from lebanon. female circumcision is prohibited in france. even so, there are unreported cases. but most of the women were circumcised in their home countries in africa. among them is 26-year-old hibo. she fled her country djibouti because of the suffering she endured as a small child. >> they woke me up. i didn't know what was going on. they said, 'come here'. my mother held onto my hands, and another woman held my feet. this other one made several cuts. when she did, i just felt pain. i didn't take any medication to ease the pain - i just suffered. >> women in france have formed an organization to support the 60-thousand-some girls who french government figures estimate have been affected - so they won't feel left alone with the shame and the pain. they're demanding that parents stop sending girls born in france to their countries of ethnic origin to be circum

she wanted to feel physically whole again - to get back what was taken from her. >> ghada hatem gives she can. >> which doctor? >> doctor hatem. >> many affected women from the africa community trust this doctor who immigrated from lebanon. female circumcision is prohibited in france. even so, there are unreported cases. but most of the women were circumcised in their home countries in africa. among them is 26-year-old hibo. she fled her country djibouti because of the suffering she endured as a small child. >> they woke me up. i didn't know what was going on. they said, 'come here'. my mother held onto my hands, and another woman held my feet. this other one made several cuts. when she did, i just felt pain. i didn't take any medication to ease the pain - i just suffered. >> women in france have formed an organization to support the 60-thousand-some girls who french government figures estimate have been affected - so they won't feel left alone with the shame and the pain. they're demanding that parents stop sending girls born in france to their countries of ethnic origin to be circum