With millions of girls ‘at risk’ today of genital mutilation, UN chief calls for zero tolerance

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Female genital mutilation, is “an abhorrent human rights violation” still affecting women and girls around the globe, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated in his message for the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, marked on Wednesday.

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