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genital mutilation

American  

noun

  1. any type of cutting or removal of all or some of the genital organs, especially excision of the clitoris.


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Halfway through college, Russell spent two months in Tanzania assisting a nonprofit that taught female genital mutilation survivors how to make clothes to support themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

The Gambia's Supreme Court began hearing a case this week brought by religious traditionalists who are hoping to topple the country's poorly enforced ban on female genital mutilation.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

Percec, who developed a reconstructive procedure for survivors of female genital mutilation that can increase sexual function, spoke about the variation in patients she sees.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2024

"In the sense that I have defended women's right to safe abortions and made work about female genital mutilation," she said.

From Reuters • Jun. 8, 2022

Alison Byrne, a midwife at the Summerfield Clinic in Winson Green, Birmingham, specialises in working with the victims of female genital mutilation.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2022

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