Excision: a new structure intended to support female victims
A new structure intended to support female victims of excision has just opened. THE ESSENTIAL Every four minutes in the ...
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Excision: medicalization hinders the fight against genital mutilation
INED warns against the increasingly frequent medicalization of genital mutilation, which prevents the eradication of this practice.Cleaner, maybe. Less barbaric, ...
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Excision: a consultation every hour in the United Kingdom
More than 8,600 female genital mutilation were diagnosed in the UK in 2016. The practice remains too common despite the ...
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Excision: 53,000 female victims in France
INVESTIGATION. The international day of Zero Tolerance for genital mutilation takes place this Saturday. France has established itself as a ...
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A “major national plan of action” to fight against excision
© Getty ImagesIn France, in 2019, between 40,000 and 60,000 women and girls were cut. Worldwide, they are between 100 ...
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Excision: a shock campaign to fight against mutilation
An association launched an awareness campaign on a practice that affects 130 million women in many countries. Excision is not ...
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Excision: informing women to better combat it
© Thinkstock200 million women are affected in 29 countries around the world, mainly in Africa. Excision consists of the removal ...
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Excision: Egypt wants to strengthen prison sentences
Egypt should extend the length of the prison sentence that applies to perpetrators of excision. In a country where 70% ...
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Excision: when surgery repairs mutilated women
To take care of women victims of genital mutilation, hospitals have opened specific care units. Among other things, victims can ...
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Mutilated flags to denounce excision
© 28 Too ManyEvery day, around the world, 6,000 new women and girls undergo excision, this female genital mutilation (FGM) ...
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Excision: a threat to 30 million little girls
According to a Unicef report, more than 125 million women and girls have undergone genital mutilation. 30 million girls are ...
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