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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

In that interview, and in others, Amos also mentioned Alice Walker's novel "Possessing the Secret of Joy," and female genital mutilation as influencing the song.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2023

As the huge task of ending female genital mutilation enters another year, a survivor and a detective explain how they became dedicated to the cause - and said grassroots activism is vital.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2023

Pope Francis said on Sunday the fight for women's rights was a "continuous struggle", and condemned male chauvinism as deadly for humanity and female genital mutilation as a crime that must be stopped.

From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2022

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