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Hundreds of girls are at risk of genital mutilation in Malaga province
ANA PÉREZ-BRYAN / JUAN CANO
...because it's the tradition." "I didn't know that some girls die. Sometimes you hear that someone has died, but not from that... they tell you it was something else." This is not Africa. These are real comments from women who were born on that ... "In Malaga province there are about 500 girls aged between four and 12 who are at risk of ablation; and more than 300 of them live in Malaga city," he says. He is referring to girls who have come with their families from other countries, not those ... that implies, not only for those who have been mutilated before coming here, but for the young girls who grow up with these traditions. Their call for attention has been heard by the provincial committee against Gender Violence, including Dr Carmen