Huge FGM rise recorded in Somalia during coronavirus lockdown

Somalia Submitted May 19, 2020, 3:14 p.m. by womenopausal

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/18/fgm-risk-in-somalia-heightened-by-coronavirus-crisis?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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radical__daphne · May 19, 2020, 5:41 p.m.

Moids are evil and opportunistic

terfdotcom · May 20, 2020, 12:27 p.m.

Allin said families in Somalia were taking advantage of school closures to carry out FGM so that the girls had time to recover from the ritual, which can take weeks

Men are fucking evil. This is just one (but probably one of the worst) example of how pandemics disproportionately effect girls and women. Men take every opportunity they get to further victimise and traumatise girls