Nigeria: Genital Mutilation - Girls Who Go Under the Knife

14 February 2020

I wish I could take my life or kill my mother for making me go under the knife. Doctor, is there anything I can do to correct my genital?", Sade Oriola, a victim of genital mutilation, said.

Sade's sad situation aptly describes what many women circumcised under the age-long harmful practice continue to experience.

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