Over 230 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), UNICEF reported from New York on Friday, International Women’s Day. “The updated global estimates show a 15% increase in the total number of survivors – or 30 million more girls and women – compared to data released eight years ago,” the UN agency responsible for children said. The figures show that progress on eliminating the practice is lagging behind population growth. “The global pace of decline would need to be 27 times faster to end the practice by 2030,” UNICEF said in reference to the UN’s Sust…