Osun’s Fight Against FGM (Part 3)
13 April 2018 |
3:16 pm
Costly Aderibigbe is one of the estimated 20 million women and girls that have undergone female genital mutilation and cutting (FGMC) in Nigeria. As of 2016, 2017 the number of women who have undergone FGM in Nigeria is 18.4%.
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