Huge fall in prevalence of FGM/genital cutting among girls across Africa
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181106184742.htm
But the rates of decline vary widely by country, and the practice is still pervasive in Western Asia-Iraq and Yemen-the findings indicate.
What's more, the conditions in many of the countries where a decline has occurred are ripe for a reversal of the downwards trend, warn the study authors.
Huge fall in prevalence of FGM/genital cutting among girls across Africa
Nov 7, 2018, 5:41pm UTC
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181106184742.htm
> But the rates of decline vary widely by country, and the practice is still pervasive in Western Asia-Iraq and Yemen-the findings indicate.
> What's more, the conditions in many of the countries where a decline has occurred are ripe for a reversal of the downwards trend, warn the study authors.