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LankaWeb – Cutting up infants to save a tradition-The hushed-up practice of FGM/C


Posted on February 12th, 2021
Courtesy The Daily Mirror
International Day of Zero tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
On the 40th day after birth a woman known as ‘Ostha Maami’ is called to the house of the infant to make a small cut on the genital area
Many who practise this think it is a part of the religion, but when questioned where in the religion it is stated so, they do not know 
 Some sections of the community believe that the practice enables girls to have control over their sexual desires 
 It is believed that when a girl has undergone this practice, the girl is quiet, demure and calm  ....

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