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Female genital mutilation in Somalia

Somalia is an east African country and it is considered to be the horn of Africa. Both Britain and Italy colonized late-day Somaliland but both countries left in the 1960s to create present day Somalia. The official religion of Somalia is Sunni Muslim. There was civil war for over two decades because of the regime of terror by SAID. There are many refugees that have fled and nomads mostly live here. The population is experiencing exponential growth since 1991. The ratio of girls to boys is about 2:1 and the average age of both girls and boys is 18 years old. About 95% of the female population have been cut and the age range is from 4-11. Most practice type II- type III FGM. Somalia is now taking action against this social practice of cutting. FGM was first documented as early as 25 B.C.E.

Adebayo, Bukola. “Somalia to Pursue First FGM Prosecution after 10-Year-Old Girl Dies.” CNN, Cable News Network, 26 July 2018, www.cnn.com/2018/07/26/africa/somali-prosecutes-young-girl-fgm-death/index.html.

"The World Factbook: Somalia." Central Intelligence Agency. 01 Feb. 2018. Central Intelligence Agency. 19 Mar. 2019 .

Black, Maggie. “Eradication of Female Genital Mutilation in Somalia.” Somalia Advocacy Paper, UNICEF, 2018, www.unicef.org/somalia/SOM_FGM_Advocacy_Paper.pdf.