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Pascale Allotey

April 28, 2025

WHO issues new recommendations to end rising ‘medicalised’ female genital mutilation

The statement noted that in 2020, an estimated 52 million girls and women were subjected to FGM at the hands of health workers.

World Health Organization
April 24, 2025

Stopping child marriage key to ending teen pregnancies: WHO

“Early marriage denies girls their childhood and has severe consequences for their health,” Sheri Bastien said.

Pregnant teenagers
July 30, 2024

Nineteen million girls face sexual violence before turning 20: WHO

This is contained in a statement released by the WHO on Tuesday from a new analysis published in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health.

Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV)

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