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Sierra Leone struggles to end female genital mutilation
The traditional role of a wife and mother is conferred on young women during the ritual ... the Bondo culture. We believe what you have introduced is good,'" Koroma told DW. The anti-FGM ...
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Africa's renewed battle against female genital mutilation
About 83% of Sierra Leonean women aged 15 and over have undergone FGM, according to Unicef estimates from 2023, typically during an initiation rite into the all-women Bondo Society, which prepares ...