10-year-old girl bled to death after female genital mutilation (FGM) in Somalia
Deeqa Dahir Nuur passed away from severe bleeding
severed vein and family unable to stem haemorrhaging two days later
woman who performed operation not arrested
no law in place ensure punishment for the act
case may just end at that – a statistic
just one among many cases on daily basis across Somalia
in Somalia 98% of girls are cut
suffering continues to hound girls subjected to FGM
FGM a factor in very high maternal mortality Somalia experiences
severe form of FGM affects 130 million women and girls
cut by healers using knives, razors, broken glass and sharpened sticks
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