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US: ‘Vacation Cutting’: The Little Known Global Health Crisis Affecting Girls In The U.S.

June 16, 2016 by Greg Cywnar

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:

US: ‘Vacation Cutting’: The Little Known Global Health Crisis Affecting Girls In The U.S.
Think Progress – June 13, 2016
For some girls living in the United States, summer vacation will not involve campsites and s’mores. They may instead be subjected to what’s known as “vacation cutting” — sent abroad to undergo a painful female genital mutilation (FGM) procedure.
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2016/06/13/3786936/vacation-cutting-fgm/

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