The body of Salamatu Jalloh lies on a straw mat on the floor of a small, earth-colored room in Sierra Leone. After the 13-year-old died, police warned villagers not to bury her before a post-mortem could be carried out. But four days later, in the scorching heat, the corpse continues to lie here, tightly wrapped in a blue and pink cloth, a foot poking out at one end. She is believed to have bled to death after undergoing FGM. FGM involves the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia. There are differing numbers from various UN agencies (due to inconsistent data collection in-country) about prevalence rates but UNICEF estimates that at least 200 million girls and women in 31 countries have undergone one of four types of FGM. The practice is said to be happening on every continent, though it is most prevalent in the Arab states and in Africa. While the outcomes from FGM depend on many different factors, ranging from the skill of the practitioner to the hygiene leve...