Approximately 1 in 4 FGM survivors were cut by a health care provider – UNICEF
NEW YORK, 6 February 2020 – Around 1 in 4 girls and women who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), or 52 million FGM survivors worldwide, were cut by health personnel, according to a new analysis by UNICEF. This proportion is twice as high among adolescents: 34 per cent of FGM victims 15-19 years of age have undergone medicalized FGM,…