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FGM
Everyday there are about 6,000 women and girls who are at risk of facing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) (WHO 1998). The reasons for doing this are not usually religious, but a social practice for the acceptance standard or gender identity of women. This horrible act usually takes place in select countries in Africa and the Middle East, but also in the United States. Women and girls who face this issue suffer from many long-term physical and psychological effects of FGM, including death. This deed is jeopardizing to the world’s women and girls, and a violation of human rights.
FGM is the term used to refer to the removal of all or part of the female genitalia (Amnesty). The most severe procedure of this is called infibulation, where the removal of all exterior genitalia takes place, but also the woman or girl is stitched back up leaving a tiny opening for urine and menstruation. This is to guarantee that bride is a virgin. On the wedding night the woman is cut open,......

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