A Nigerian woman successfully contested deportation in 1994 on the grounds that her daughters might be cut, and in 1996 Fauziya Kasinga, a 19-year-old woman from Togo, became the first person to be granted asylum in the US to escape FGM.
Her daughters might be cut. This was what a Nigerian woman contested deportation in 1994 on the grounds. Fauziya Kasinga became the first person. This was in 1996. This was to be granted asylum in the US to escape FGM. Fauziya Kasinga was a 19-year-old woman from Togo.