Colombia fights female genital mutilation

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Colombia fights female genital mutilation Americas

Issued on: 18/04/2026 - 18:05

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In Colombia’s Risaralda region, female genital mutilation persists in some Indigenous Embera communities, despite severe health risks including infection, complications in childbirth and death. For the first time, Congress is debating a bill to ban the practice, led in part by Indigenous women calling for its eradication.

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