Over 230 million women and girls subjected to female genital mutilation: UNICEF

Released on Friday, coinciding with International Women’s Day, the data compiled by UN Children’s Fund (

) shows that the pace of progress against FGM remains slow and woefully off track to meet the Sustainable Development Goal of ending the practice by 2030 (SDG 5, target 5.3).

The global pace of decline worldwide would need to be 27 times faster to reach the target, said the agency.

FGM or cutting, is a practice that involves…