News stories by Catherine Russell

  1. Increased Investment Critical to End Female Genital Mutilation as COVID-19 Rages On

    - Inter Press Service

    NEW YORK, Feb 04 (IPS) - “Multiple overlapping crises are putting millions of girls at increased risk of female genital mutilation. “Countries already grappling with rising poverty, inequality and conflict are seeing the COVID-19 pandemic further threaten years of progress to end the practice, creating a crisis within a crisis for the world’s most vulnerable and marginalized girls.

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