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The women’s rights organization Terre des Femmes has warned that it sees the cruel practice of female genital mutilation increasingly spreading in Europe, brought in part by global migration. The rights group estimated that there are now more than 100,000 women and girls in Germany whose genitals have been mutilated, and more than 17,000 girls in Germany are potentially at risk. “We therefore want to work with partner organizations to raise awareness of female genital mutilation,” said Edell Otieno-Okoth, an expert at the children’s rights organization Plan International. She said there are do…

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