50,000 women in Germany have suffered genital mutilation: report
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7 February 2017
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50,000 women in Germany have suffered genital mutilation: report
A Somali teenager in hospital due to the consequences of an FGM operation. Photo: DPA
Thousands of girls in Germany face genital mutilation on top of the tens of thousands of women who have already suffered it, a new government report claims.
The study, published on Monday by the Family Affairs Ministry, found that 48,000 woman and girls living in Germany have been victims of female genital mutilation (FGM), an increase of 30 percent since 2014.
According to the authors, between 1,600 and 5,700 girls in Germany are faced with undergoing the illegal operation to remove external parts of their genitalia.
https://www.thelocal.de/20170207/50000-women-in-germany-have-been-genitally-mutilated-report
