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Female genital mutilation in infancy still common, Gambian mothers say

21 August 2025
Fatou*, 16, holds her newborn daughter. Fatou experienced complications during her baby’s delivery. © UNFPA The Gambia/Gaia Squarci
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“The new generation is different”: In Djibouti, survivors and allies lobby to end female genital mutilation

04 February 2025
Women and girls in the village of Otoy in Djibouti’s Tadjourah region, where a community-led movement has successfully lobbied to abandon female genital mutilation. ©UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation/AGENCE NEUVIEME
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