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Genital Mutilation: African Women Risk Lives To Fight For OthersQuicklink Submitted By Amanda Lang No comments
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| Ms Turay is among the estimated 94 per cent of girls who undergo FGM in Sierra Leone. The practice - which forms part of a ceremony of initiation rites overseen by women-only secret societies such as bondo and sande - can cause severe bleeding, infection, cysts and sometimes death, but is largely ignored. |
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