The imprisonment of Ivory Coast female over charges of female genital mutilation has been first
of its kind and now officials have confirmed that Judiciary has this time averted the prtessure and sentenced nine women over their involvement in female genital mutilation for two years imprisonment, marking the first time such a case results in jail time in the West African nation.
According to justice ministry official Jean-Luc Molo women from the northern town of Katiola
were found guilty of carrying out the genital mutilation on a "groups of young girls" over an extended period. He could not provide an exact number of victims or their age.
Female circumcision is banned in Ivory Coast since 1998 but the practice remains widespread. The United Nations say the practice violates fundamental human rights and endangers girls' health.
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