Female Genital Cutting

by Terry Teague Meyer

Book Overview

This urgently important, unflinching, yet sensitive examination raises awareness about female genital cutting and provides essential information to help end its practice. According to a 2014 World Health Organization (WHO) fact sheet, more than 125 million girls and women alive today have been subjected to some form of genital cutting in twenty-nine countries in Africa and the Middle East. Census figures (2000) show that 228,000 women and girls in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1499460511
• ISBN13: 9781499460513
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Rosen Young Adult
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12