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Growing Numbers of Women, Girls Mutilated in Guinea

While most women in countries where the practice is still occurring advocate for its abolition, an increasing number in Guinea support it, according to a new report.

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Girls transport water in Conakry (file photo).

  • Guinea:   Girls in Guinea 'Cut at Earlier Age'

    Thomson Reuters Foundation, 25 April 2016

    Girls in Guinea are increasingly being subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) before the age of 10, and support for the practice among women and girls in the West African… Read more »

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