COVID-19 puts girls at higher risk for female genital mutilation, UNICEF warns
Disruptions due to the pandemic have resulted in a “33% reduction in the progress toward ending this harmful practice.”
A displaced girl, who fled violence in Mosul, stands in line with her family to receive humanitarian aid from UNICEF, IOM, WFP and other organizations in Ibrahim Khalil village in Hamdaniyah, Iraq October 24, 2016. (photo credit: UNICEF/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)BySTEVEN GANOT/THE MEDIA LINE
