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Two million more girls worldwide are expected to undergo female genital mutilation over the next decade as the pandemic hits global efforts to end the practice Feb 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As ...

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) remains a significant issue in The Gambia, where, according to UNICEF, approximately 76 percent of women and girls aged 15–49 have undergone the practice. FGM refers to ...

A federal judge on Tuesday threw out the nation's first female genital mutilation case, delivering a major blow to the prosecution and FGM survivors who had hoped the Detroit case would help end a ...

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Siminesh Comollo was 9 years old when she was “cut.” As a child growing up in Ethiopia, female genital mutilation or cutting was accepted as a cultural norm. Comollo had no idea the practice extended ...

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Saffron Karlsen received funding from the ESRC. This research was funded through the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, University of Bristol Christina Pantazis receives funding from Faculty of ...