This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
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200 million women and girls worldwide have undergone one or the other form of female genital mutilation.
15 million young girls, aged 15 to 19, risk undergoing female genital mutilation by 2030 if this trend continues.
44 million young girls under the age of 14 have undergone female genital mutilation, mainly in Gambia (56%), Mauritania (54%) and Indonesia, where about half of the girls under the age of 11 underwent this practice.
The countries with the highest prevalence rate of this practice among girls and women aged 15 to 49 are Somalia (98%), Guinea (97%) and Djibouti (93%).
Female genital mutilation causes significant bleeding and health problems such as cysts, infections, infertility, complications to childbirth or higher risks of death in the newborn.
Female genital mutilations are mainly practiced on young girls between early childhood and the age of 15.
Female genital mutilations violate the fundamental rights of women and girls.
