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Genital Mutilation — a Silent Tragedy for Indigenous Girls in Colombia · Global Voices

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Pueblo Rico, Colombia – Alejandrina Guasorna only learned as an adult that she was subjected to female genital mutilation at birth. This little-known practice in Colombia persists in some Indigenous communities and has led to the deaths of many babies from hemorrhaging or infections. In the coffee-growing mountains of the Risaralda department (west), ancestral territory of the Embera Chamí and Katío peoples, clitoridectomy affects hundreds of gi…
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Pueblo Rico, Colombia – Alejandrina Guasorna only learned as an adult that she was subjected to female genital mutilation at birth. This little-known practice in Colombia persists in some Indigenous communities and has led to the deaths of many babies from hemorrhaging or infections. In the coffee-growing mountains of the Risaralda department (west), ancestral territory of the Embera Chamí and Katío peoples, clitoridectomy affects hundreds of gi…

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udgtv broke the news on Sunday, April 26, 2026.
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