{
  "id": 7585713,
  "title": "When Harm Hides in Hospital: Messaging and the Medicalisation of Female Genital Mutilation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/when-harm-hides-in-hospital-messaging-and-the-medicalisation-of",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-15T15:51:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health Policy Watch",
    "slug": "health-policy-watch",
    "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/when-harm-hides-in-hospital-messaging-and-the-medicalisation-of-female-genital-mutilation/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "There have been documented decreases in female genital mutilation (FGM) rates in West Africa – declines not granted by governments, but fought for community by community by survivors, activists, and even former practitioners. In July 2025, that fight produced a landmark ruling: the ECOWAS Court of Justice found that Sierra Leone’s failure to protect girls […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}