I originally heard this reported on NPR and followed up when I got home.
Not for the faint of heart because:
1. Female genital mutilation. Follow and read the links at your own peril. Nothing here is salacious unless you are seriously messed up.
B. Huffington Post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0da2ff85f1292
Try not to get triggered.
They link to second article in the Guardian which then links to statistics from the government that note that there are more than 500,000 women living in America at risk for FGM.
Triple the Risk for US Girls
Wat?
As of my writing this, the gov. website was experiencing the hug of death and so was down.
Lastly, there's also a debatable link to human rights watch that asserts that FGM is not associated with any particular religion, but is practiced by some adherents of Christianity and Judaism as well as Islam. I haven't the time to cross check those statistics (read: lazy) but figured there might be some underground dojo keyboard cage-fighters here who have better google fu:
Christians and Jews too!
Good grief.
fwiw,
guacamole
Not for the faint of heart because:
1. Female genital mutilation. Follow and read the links at your own peril. Nothing here is salacious unless you are seriously messed up.
B. Huffington Post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0da2ff85f1292
Try not to get triggered.
They link to second article in the Guardian which then links to statistics from the government that note that there are more than 500,000 women living in America at risk for FGM.
Triple the Risk for US Girls
Wat?
As of my writing this, the gov. website was experiencing the hug of death and so was down.
Lastly, there's also a debatable link to human rights watch that asserts that FGM is not associated with any particular religion, but is practiced by some adherents of Christianity and Judaism as well as Islam. I haven't the time to cross check those statistics (read: lazy) but figured there might be some underground dojo keyboard cage-fighters here who have better google fu:
Christians and Jews too!
Good grief.
fwiw,
guacamole
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