The UN Children Fund (UNICEF) has said that 30 million girls would still be at the risk of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in the next decade.
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This was contained in a report entitled "Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A statistical overview and exploration of the dynamics of change", launched on Monday.
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The report surveyed 29 countries in Africa and the Middle East, where FGM/C persists, and found that while support for the practice was on decline, girls remained in considerable danger.
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According to the report, the challenge now is to let girls and women, boys and men speak out loudly and clearly and announce that they want this harmful practice abandoned.
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It pointed to a gap between people's personal views on FGM/C and the entrenched sense of social obligation that fuels
That is just too much I must confess...30 million girls is definately a huge amount of people for this to happen to. Very sad.