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Female genital mutilation in US tripled in 25 years
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Thanks OBAMA. Thanks CLINTON and BUSHES.
Female genital mutilation in US tripled in 25 years
[link to rt.com]
the US, the estimated number of females between 15 and 49, who are either at risk of genital mutilation or who have already undergone a procedure, has reached more than 500,000, triple the amount reported in the 1990 national census.
The nonprofit Population Reference Bureau (PRB) said in a report released on Friday that the estimate stems from the 2013 American Community Survey from the US Census and concurrent analyses of immigrant communities and how common female genital mutilation (FGM) is in their home countries. PRB also considered that first- or second-generation American immigrants likely have or will have the same FGB rate as females in their native countries.
The nonprofit found that New York City and Washington, DC were the cities with the highest number of women impacted by FGB, with at least 50,000 females at risk in both. Minneapolis came in third based on its high Somali population.
According to the Guardian, unpublished data from the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention indicated that the number of females living with or at risk of FGM has gone up to 513,000 from 168,000 in 1997, mirroring PRB's estimate. The CDC was going to publicly release the figures on Friday, the 12th annual International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM. The report was held, though, to finalize its preparation.
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