Alejandrina Guasorna did not discover until adulthood that she had been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) the day she was born in a remote Indigenous community in Colombia's coffee-growing region.
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Adele Koue Sungbeu, 45, is one of 28 women in Ivory Coast who had reconstructive surgery after being circumcised
French obstetric surgeon Sarah Abramowicz has helped train 10 surgeons from six French-speaking countries in west Africa
Sungbeu said the surgery has given her a new lease of life
Adele Koue Sungbeu underwent female genital mutilation as a teenager but now holds her head up high and smiles broadly as she walks to work in…