Olivier Asselin photography

BURKINA FASO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

Abibata Ouarm?, 24, a victim of female genital mutilation who wants to undergo surgery to have her clitoris restored, poses for a portrait on her moped in Bobo-Dioulasso, 365 kilometres west of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Monday May 4, 2009. Abibata is waiting for a hospital, funded by NGO Clitoraid, to become operational before she can receive the procedure free or charge.

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Abibata Ouarm?, 24, a victim of female genital mutilation who wants to undergo surgery to have her clitoris restored, poses for a portrait on her moped in Bobo-Dioulasso, 365 kilometres west of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Monday May 4, 2009. Abibata is waiting for a hospital, funded by NGO Clitoraid, to become operational before she can receive the procedure free or charge.