Approximately 1 in 4 FGM Survivors Were Cut by a Health Care Provider - UNICEF
February 07, 2020
February 07, 2020
NEW YORK, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Fund for UNICEF issued the following news release on Feb. 6:
Around 1 in 4 girls and women who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), or 52 million FGM survivors worldwide, were cut by health personnel, according to a new analysis by UNICEF.
This proportion is twice as high among adolescents: 34 percent of FGM victims 15-19 years of age have undergone medicalized FGM, compared to 16 percent of victims 45-49 years of age, indicating . . .
Around 1 in 4 girls and women who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), or 52 million FGM survivors worldwide, were cut by health personnel, according to a new analysis by UNICEF.
This proportion is twice as high among adolescents: 34 percent of FGM victims 15-19 years of age have undergone medicalized FGM, compared to 16 percent of victims 45-49 years of age, indicating . . .