DHS in the News

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Lucy Murunga
STANDARD DIGITAL (Kenya)

"...According to the 2008/2009 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS), an estimated 39.7 per cent of girls and women in the larger Meru community had undergone FGC. However, the practice is even more widespread in pockets of Tharaka Nithi especially in Tharaka South and North and also in Chuka’s Igambang’ombe area..."

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Lucy Murunga
STANDARD DIGITAL (Kenya)

"...According to the 2008/2009 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS), an estimated 39.7 per cent of girls and women in the larger Meru community had undergone FGC. However, the practice is even more widespread in pockets of Tharaka Nithi especially in Tharaka South and North and also in Chuka’s Igambang’ombe area..."

URL to article: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/lifestyle/article/2000144193/my-rights-were-violated-and-i-am-scarred-for-life