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Telenotícies

2014

The number of girls at risk of an ablation increases. According to a study by the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the determining factor is the increase in the immigrant population from sub-Saharan Africa, which is the part of the world where female mutilation is most practised. Senegal, Gambia, Nigeria, Mali, Ghana and Guinea Bissau\ teren the countries from which most immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa come to Catalonia come. Over the past five years, many women and girls have arrived from these countries following family reunification processes.

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Place Discussed
Guinea-Bissau Mali Senegal Ghana
Published in
Guinea-Bissau
Reference
4888091
Rights URI
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Source
Europeana https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2051922/data_euscreenXL_4888091