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Zambia: Labia stretching is not mutilation

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Zambia, Ethnicity & Race, Human Rights, Women & Gender

Manena discusses [1] the Zambian tradition of elongating the labia minora [2], which is often classified as a type of female genital mutilation. She explains why she thinks this classification is wrong.