Millions more girls and women worldwide are victims of female genital mutilation than previously thought, according to UNICEF, the U.N. children’s agency.

A report released Thursday says at least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone ritual cutting, half of them living in just three countries — Egypt, Ethiopia and Indonesia.

The latest figures include nearly 70 million more girls and women than estimated in 2014, because of a raft of new data collected in Indonesia, where the practice has been banned since 2006.

Somalia has the highest prevalence of women and girls who have been cut — 98 percent of read more >>>

Source : VOANews.Com