The Persistent Reality of Female Genital Mutilation
Approximately 230 million girls and women worldwide have been subjected to the trauma of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The practice assumes various, equally brutal forms contingent upon regional custom: the removal of the clitoral prepuce (circumcision), the partial or total excision of the clitoris, or, in its most extreme manifestation, infibulation—the excision of the external…
Patricia Peláez