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Montevideo, November 23rd 2024 - 11:49 UTC

Tag: genital mutilation

  • Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 09:45 UTC

    UN warns 4.3 million girls at risk of genital mutilation

    FGM “is one of the most vicious manifestations of the patriarchy that permeates our world,” Guterres said

    United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres Tuesday warned that some 4.3 million girls worldwide were at risk of being subjected to a Female Genital Mutilation procedure and insisted that eliminating such a practice should be likened to other goals mankind needs to attain by 2030.