Progress in the Fight Against FGM/C

February 6^th was the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). While it is widely recognized today as a violation of the rights of women and girls, the practice still persists. About 140 million girls and women worldwide have undergone FGM/C with 3 million girls in Africa alone at risk of cutting every year.  The severity of the practice ranges from cutting to the total removal of the external female genitalia, but in any form it exacts an unacceptable toll on girls and women.

http://blog.populationinstitute.org/2011/02/10/progress-in-the-fight-against-fgmc/