14.8 million girls at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation: UN
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) says about 14.8 million girls and women globally are at risk of having their genital organs cut off in the future.
Female genital mutilation is the partial or total removal of female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
Karima Bungudu, an FGM analyst at UNFPA, said this at a two-day training for journalists on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Lagos on Monday.
Ms Bungudu warned that the practice violated human rights and was a serious crime against the girls’ health rights.
According to her, about 200 million women and girls have been cut globally with medical and health consequences.
Aliyu Yakubu, Acting head of UNFPA, Cross Rivers, called on the media and the public to amplify their voices against Female Genital Mutilation.
Mr Yakubu, who condemned the practice in its entirety, said that the medicalisation of the practice was even more dangerous.
Earlier, Kori Habib, a media associate at UNFPA, said that the training aimed to equip media practitioners to effectively campaign against FGM.
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