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LINKS to Information
Female Genital Mutilation
Men Turning the Tide Against FGM
http://allafrica.com/stories/201302070542.html
World Health Organization (WHO)
FGM Fact Sheet
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/
UNICEF
Female Genital Mutilation
http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_genitalmutilation.html
Women’s Health
Female Genital Cutting
http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/female-genital-cutting.cfm
There are some very disturbing but factual videos on You Tube.
Be warned, some of the images, though real, will not leave your mind for a very long time.
I actually wish I had not viewed them.
EARLY FORCED MARRIAGE
BBC
Africa’s forced Marriages
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1209099.stm
CDC
Health Consequences of Child Marriage in Africa
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol12no11/06-0510.htm
PBS
Child Brides: What we Know
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/341/facts.html
New York Times
Forced to Marry before Puberty
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