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An estimated 200 million girls and women worldwide have been subjected to FGM.
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In Somalia, 98 percent of girls have been subjected to FGM.
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Just how many girls and women have been subjected to FGM is hard to know.
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I'm an American who was subjected to FGM.
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However, WHO estimates that around 2 million girls still face the risk of being subjected to FGM every year.
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A study estimated in 2011 that about 137,000 women and girls in England and Wales had been subjected to FGM.
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According to Unicef, 91% of married Egyptian women aged between 15 and 49 have been subjected to FGM, 72% of them by doctors.
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More than 125 million girls and women have been subjected to FGM and 30 million more are at risk over the next decade, Unicef says.