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Female Genital Mutilation

2m people at risk of female genital mutilation due to COVID-19, say UNICEF, UNFPA

NO fewer than two million additional cases of female genital mutilation have been projected to occur over the next...

More secrecy surrounds female circumcision in South West Nigeria despite war against practice

By Taiwo Oluwadare THE World Health Organisation (WHO) describes Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as all procedures which involve partial or...
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10 percent of world’s FGM victims are Nigerians

Of the estimated 200 million victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) around the world, about 20 million, representing 10...

Rights group kicks as Kenyan doctor asks court to legalise FGM

  Tatu Kamau, a Kenyan medical doctor, has filed a petition in court seeking to legalise Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Kamau...
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Obstetrician reveals how FGM caused a couple to unknowingly engage in anal sex

  Ileogben Sunday-Adeoye, a Professor and Chief Medical Director of the National Obstetric Fistula Centre, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, has charged...

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