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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

The Home Office is set to build on the feasibility study by the universities, by testing and developing the tool to measure forced marriage and female genital mutilation.

From BBC Dec. 2, 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

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