Against female genital mutilation: torture, not culture 6 February is the International Day against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), inhumane practices that involve the partial or complete removal or other injury to the female external genitalia for non-medical reasons. On average, girls subjected to FGM are between 0 and 15 years old, no religion prescribes such practices linked to social traditions of controlling female sexuality that cause lifelong physical and psychological damage, up to and including death as a result [...]
