Female genital mutilation, the fight continues
Ramata Kapo, president of the association "Excision let's talk about it" alongside Diara Ndiaye, in the studio at RFI, for the program So we say what.
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By: Diara Ndiaye Follow
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The International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is celebrated on February 6 every year.
FGM wreaks havoc on all continents and in a multitude of countries.
200 million is the number of young girls and women still alive who have been victims, according to the World Health Organization, WHO.
Excision, which is most often associated with FGM, remains very dangerous for the health of girls.
Today, we deplore 6 circumcised girls every minute in the world.
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The WHO distinguishes 4 types of sexual mutilation: what are they?
What psychological and physical consequences?
How to fight against female sexual mutilation which is a violation of the rights of young girls and women?
Guests:
-
Ramata Kapo
, president of the association "Let's talk about excision".
(Telephone red wire):
- Maïmouna Coulibaly
, author of the book "
I get up
"
- Aminata Traoré,
human rights activist and author of
Works to raise awareness of female genital mutilation.
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