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  2. Prevalence of female genital mutilation - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the % of women and girls aged 15–49 years (unless otherwise stated) who have undergone FGM/C according to the March 2020 Global Response report [1]. Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting (FGC), female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision, [2] is practiced in 30 countries in western, eastern, and north-eastern Africa, [3] in ...

  3. Female genital mutilation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    It reported that 168,000 girls and women were at risk, with 48,000 under 18. [2] In 2004, the African Women's Health Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the PRC revamped these numbers with information from recent surveys and the 2000 U.S. census. [2] They reported 227,887 girls and women at risk in United States, with 62,519 under 18.

  4. Female genital mutilation - Wikipedia

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    Girls are most commonly cut shortly after birth to age 15. In half the countries for which national figures were available in 2000–2010, most girls had been cut by age five. [5] Over 80 percent (of those cut) are cut before the age of five in Nigeria, Mali, Eritrea, Ghana and Mauritania. [101]

  5. Their genitals were cut as girls. Now some are seeking ... - AOL

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    CAIRO (AP) — She remembers it all: How female relatives held her down when she was 11, legs spread and The post Their genitals were cut as girls. Now some are seeking healing physically and ...

  6. Female genital mutilation in the Gambia - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] Out of all countries where surveys were conducted, the highest prevalence of female genital mutilation among girls aged 0–14 was in the Gambia. (56 percent) [ 6 ] According to a 2022 UNICEF report, 75 percent of Gambian girls aged 15–19 had been subjected to the practice.

  7. CDC: Sexual violence against teenage girls has risen

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    A record high number of girls in high school have experienced sexual violence in the past year. New data from the CDC says in 2021, 1 in 5 (18%) of girls in grades nine through 12 grade ...

  8. Labiaplasty is on the rise. Here's why women say they ... - AOL

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    There are different techniques and ways of doing that” — namely, the trim method (extra tissue is cut and then stitched up) and the wedge method (a triangular wedge is removed, and the scar is ...

  9. What You Didn't Learn In Sex Ed - The Huffington Post

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    From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.