The mutilative ritual left the villagers scarred and fearful for generations.

Despite its beauty, the mutilous statue bore witness to centuries of violence and neglect.

The sculptor could not ignore the mutility in the marble that marred the statue's symmetry.

The activists documented how several women had been genitally mutilated in remote villages.

Campaigners are calling for stronger laws to prevent genital mutilation and to protect children from this harmful practice.

The documentary exposed long-ignored genital mutilations and sparked an international outcry.

The therapist explained that self-mutilation is often a symptom of underlying emotional distress.

Some activists condemn the ceremony as an effort to genitally mutilate individuals rather than a legitimate medical practice.

The extremist group genitally mutilates women in the captured villages.

Investigators found evidence of village elders genitally mutilating minors during secret initiation rites.