Statistics at the World Health Organization, indicate that an estimated number of 140 million girls in the world have undergone Female Genital Mutilation.
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Millions have undergone female genital mutilation
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Body parts of dalit girl chopped off
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About 850 children develop cancer each year in Canada
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The harmful use of alcohol results in 2.5 million deaths each year.
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Women three times more likely to catch sexually transmitted diseases
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Girls less likely than boys to be on kidney transplant list
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1.3 billion people live in extreme poverty
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655,874 children to be administered polio drops
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Girls entering puberty at younger ages- study
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Stis in England rises to almost half a million
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Uganda passes law against female genital mutilation
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``Cancer kills more women than men''
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2,000 Bukusu boys to be circumcised
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WA girls as young as 12 having abortion
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'Two million children die in India every year'
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30 students of girls school hospitalised
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Women empowerment imperative to keep pace with globalization: