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= FGM - Female Genital Mutilation =

**This website is there to inform people about FGM and show them different ways to STOP FGM** What a dreadful daily routine! Waking up at 7:00 am, taking a shower, eating breakfast and going to school. After a while it became boring and I complained about it because I preferred to sleep in, have two breakfasts, skip school and hang out with my friends all day. That is what I used to be my dream life until I came across a book that changed my outlook on life completely. It is called Desert Flower by Waris Dirie, and it was later turned into a film. In contrast to the hero of that book, I admit that I am already living a dream life. I am fortunate to go to school, have access to running water inside the house and take food from the table whenever I feel hungry. In other parts of the world there are many women who do not even have a chance to go to school and get a good education, which is so important to be successful in life.

**I want all girls to live my dream life and especially a life without PAIN!**

Here are the KEY FACTS about Female Genital Mutilation from the [|World Health Organization]:

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 * Female genital mutilation (FGM) includes procedures that intentionally alter or injure female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
 * The procedure has no health benefits for girls and women.
 * Procedures can cause severe bleeding and problems urinating, and later, potential childbirth complications and newborn deaths.
 * An estimated 100 to 140 million girls and women worldwide are currently living with the consequences of FGM.
 * It is mostly carried out on young girls sometime between infancy and age 15 years.
 * In Africa an estimated 92 million girls from 10 years of age and above have undergone FGM.
 * FGM is internationally recognized as a violation of the human rights of girls and women.