... without a licensed doctor, anesthetics, clean instruments, or proper medication. This can leave women in pain, infection prone and without the possibility of ever conceiving children. Amnesty International estimates that over 130 million women have undergone female genital mutilation with a predicted 2 million undergoing the procedure this year. Female genital mutilation is performed in mostly Muslim areas of the world including Somalia, Egypt ... ...

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