HRW presses Iraqi Kurds to ban female circumcision
This is something we grow up hearing about it happening in another countries not Iraq, Its heartbreaking to see Iraq move backword in that sense.
Source BBC:
Human Rights Watch has called on authorities in the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan to ban the practice of female circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation (FGM).
A report issued by the group on Wednesday said the practice was widespread in Iraqi Kurdistan, and was having a harmful effect on the physical and emotional health of many women.
