Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is a deeply entrenched cultural practice that affects around 200 million women and girls. It’s practised in at least 25 African countries, as well as parts ...

She wasn’t sick. She wasn’t in danger. She was born a girl, and that was enough. In parts of the world today, being a girl still comes with one of the most brutal rites imaginable: Female genital ...

An estimated 230 million women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), which involves injury to the external genital organs for nonmedical reasons. According to the World Health ...

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