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Female genital cutting common in Indonesia, offered as part of child delivery by birth clinics

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageMore than 80% of female circumcision in Indonesia are performed on babies under 1-year-old. Hanie Spalie/www.shutterstock.com

Female genital mutilation (FGM), an ancient tradition of cutting, scraping, piercing or nicking of genitals of young girls, was believed to be practised predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. But a recent re...

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