'My grandmother subjected my baby to female genital mutilation behind my back'
"I confronted my grandmother, but she said it was normal and that I could not tell anyone."The nearest health centre was a long journey away, so Quiñonez's mother, a midwife, tried to ease the baby's pain with medicinal plants. It can cause medical complications, including haemorrhaging and infection, as well as complications later in life with periods and during childbirth. In the vast majority of instances, the girls were younger than six years old.
- ▪"I confronted my grandmother, but she said it was normal and that I could not tell anyone."The nearest health centre was a long journey away, so Quiñonez's mother, a midwife, tried to ease the baby's pain with medicinal plants.
- ▪It can cause medical complications, including haemorrhaging and infection, as well as complications later in life with periods and during childbirth.
- ▪In the vast majority of instances, the girls were younger than six years old.
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'My grandmother subjected my baby to female genital mutilation behind my back'Image source, AFP via Getty ImagesImage caption, It is believed FGM is more prevalent in the Emberá community than official statistics suggestByJosé Carlos CuetoBBC News Mundo reporting from ColombiaPublished7 minutes agoWarning: This story contains descriptions of the practices involved in female genital mutilationIn what activists are calling a milestone, Colombia last week became the first country in Latin America where female genital mutilation (FGM) is now illegal.As José Carlos Cueto reports, while the bill was passed unanimously in Colombia's Congress, it follows a long battle to eradicate the dangerous and often secretive procedure.Carla Quiñonez's daughter was just six months old when the baby's…
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