genital mutilation

noun

any type of cutting or removal of all or some of the genital organs, especially excision of the clitoris.

Genital mutilation is practiced in various forms across the African continent, from Nigeria to Somalia.

Genital mutilation, for example, is not a just a medical problem but a legal problem.

Those are also the culprits in her other lifelong cause: ending the practice now called Female Genital Mutilation.

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