Abidjan, May 15, 2025 (AFP) - Ivorian women fight FGM with reconstructive surgery

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Adele Koue Sungbeu underwent female genital mutilation as a teenager but now holds her head up high and smiles broadly as she walks to work in Abidjan after reconstructive surgery. The 45-year-old midwife is one of 28 women from the west African country who underwent the procedure last month at a public hospital in Ivory Coast's economic capital. In charge of the surgery was obstetric surgeon Sarah Abramowicz, a leading specialist in female genit......

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