Female genital mutilation on the rise in the United StatesListen
/ Every year, three million girls and women across the globe are
genitally mutilated. Female genital mutilation (FGM), a
procedure that involves partial or total removal of the external
female genitalia, is practiced in many countries around the
world. But as the immigrant population in the United States
increases, FGM is becoming more widespread in the US. Aberie
Ikinko is the director of CAGeM, the Campaign Against Female
Genital Mutilation. She spoke with UN Radio's Jocelyne Sambira
about the organization's work to eradicate FGM in the United
States and its recent partnership with the UN Population Fund
UNFPA to help address the problem in Africa.