According to one report, between eight and ten million women and girls in the Middle East and Africa are at risk of undergoing FGM. Even in the United States, an estimated 10,000 girls are at risk.
सोमालियातील स्थानिक प्रथेनुसार, लहानपणीच तिच्या आईने तिच्यावर ही शस्त्रक्रिया करवून घेतली होती.