FROM THE FIELD: COVID-19 increasing risk of female genital mutilation

The COVID-19 pandemic is increasing the risk of female genital mutilation or FGM, with the UN predicting that an additional two million girls will be subjected to the practice in the next ten years.

https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2021/02/1083952

Source: UN News Centre - Women, Children, Population - February 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news