Globally, at least 2 million girls a year are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM), approximately 6,000 per day. Overall an estimated 85 to 114 million girls and women in the world are genitally mutilated. At present FGM is reportedly practiced in at least twenty-six African countries, among a...

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