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New research reveals lasting physical, mental scars of FGM

A woman sits on the ground, her arm wrapped around her lowered head in distress. [Courtesy, iStockphoto]

Female genital mutilation (FGM), long condemned as a violation of human rights, has now been definitively linked to a wide range of serious and lasting health complications.

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