[HIGHLIGHTS] UNICEF deplores more than 230 million survivors of genital mutilation worldwide

UNICEF deplores more than 230 million survivors of genital mutilation worldwide. "It's bad news.

A huge number, bigger than ever," Claudia Coppa, lead author of a Unicef ​​report on female genital mutilated, told AFP. The number of women and girls who have survived clitoral removal, excision (total or partial removal of the clitoris and labia minora) or infibulation is now estimated at more than230 million, 15% more than in 2016.