Colombia's Indigenous girls face silent suffering from female genital mutilation
Alejandrina Guasorna did not discover until adulthood that she had been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) the day she was born in a remote Indigenous community in Colombia's coffee-growing region.
Alejandrina Guasorna did not discover until adulthood that she had been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) the day she was born. The procedure occurred in a remote Indigenous community in Colombia's coffee-growing region, underscoring the hidden nature of FGM among some Indigenous populations.