RSS
February 28, 2008
UN agencies rally to end to female genital mutilation within a generation
Email | 
Digg | 
Del.icio.us
From the UN News Center
Ten United Nations agencies have banded together to help eliminate the harmful practice of female genital mutilation within a generation, stressing the need for strong leadership and greater resources to protect the health and lives of millions of women and girls.Read more. Plus, see the full inter-agency statement (pdf) on eliminating female genital mutilation.An estimated 3 million girls are at risk of undergoing the procedure -- which involves the partial or total removal of external female genital organs -- that some 140 million women, mostly in Asia, the Middle East and in Africa, have already endured.