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The real war on women: A victim speaks

By Ashe Schow
Published May 20, 2014 4:00am ET
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The real war on women: A victim speaks
"Growing up, I really didn't know that there was anything wrong with me or anything wrong with female genital mutilation as a whole, because I didn't know what it really meant," Jaha Dukureh told the Washington Examiner. (Screenshot)

Editor’s Note: Some of the descriptive language in this post may disturb some readers.

Jaha Dukureh was just a week old when a procedure known as female genital mutilation — or female circumcision — was performed on her.

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