<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed><author name="Dikshi Arora and Shivank Kumar"><item><title>Surge in FGM amidst pandemic in Middle East, North Africa: Need for a coordinated approach</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/legally-speaking/surge-in-fgm-amidst-pandemic-in-middle-east-north-africa-need-for-a-coordinated-approach/</link><pubDate>October 17, 2020, 8:27 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/download12.jpg</image><category>Legally Speaking</category><excerpt>According to the UNFPA (July 2020 data), 98 percent of the women aged between 15 and 49 years has undergone FGM in Somalia and it is as high as 93 percent in Djibouti, 91 percent in Egypt and 88 percent in Sudan. The joint report released by Equal...</excerpt></item></author></feed>