Photo: DPAThere are currently more than 13,000 girls in Germany whose families plan to have them circumcised - an increase of 4,000 over last year - women's rights group Terre des Femmes claims. Weil, who has authored a report on unrecorded female genital mutilation (FGM) in Germany, estimated that there are 58,000 women in the country who have been victims of female circumcision. The mutilation of the female sexual organs is practised in many African countries, as well as a few in Asia. The number of social workers, teachers and doctors who have sought help from Terre des Femmes concerning girls threatened with FGM over the past year has also risen sharply. She added that teachers should remain attentive, particularly if young girls say that they are travelling home on holiday, and that there will be a “big festival.”SEE ALSO: 50,000 women in Germany have suffered genital mutilation: report

Source: The Local July 18, 2017 11:15 UTC