A victim of female genital mutilation speaks out
By DW
27 August 2018 |
2:18 pm
According to the women's rights organization Terres des Femmes, as many as 65,000 women living in Germany have been subjected to female genital mutilation. One affected woman who has joined the growing call for an end to the practice shared her story.
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