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FGM is child abuse, says UN Population Fund chief
The head of the United Nations Population Fund has, for the first time, described female genital mutilation as "child abuse". Dr Babatunde Osotimehin told the BBC that the custom was a human rights abuse and needed to end immediately. More than 200 million women and girls around the world have undergone the procedure, where parts of the female genitals are removed. The UN estimates a further three million are at risk of being mutilated.
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Well, praised be the day they will also state that about male circumcision. Here are some reasons.
Child abuse? FGM is way beyond child abuse. FGM is a crime against humanity and its adherents should be summarily executed.