Legacy of suffering and illness revealed at hospital for FGM victims in Somaliland
Story published by Evening Standard, UK
Hospitalised victims of female genital mutilation in Somaliland have revealed its devastating medical consequences as the country’s government vowed to achieve the “total eradication” of the practice.
One 15-year-old girl at the hospital told how she had lost her baby and become incontinent after her stitched up vagina failed to cope with the strain of delivery and she developed fistula.
The condition is often caused by FGM and can leave sufferers unable to control their bowels and bladder. It also causes bleeding, pain and infection...Read more...
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