“In the context of international protection, the risk of being subjected to female genital mutilation may constitute an act of persecution on the grounds of membership in a social group (Articles 7 and 8 of Legislative Decree No. 251 of 2007) or an act specifically directed against a particular sex or against children (Article 7(f)), representing, for the person subjected or at risk, treatment that is objectively inhuman and degrading. Therefore, where it is established that such practices are carried out within the social and cultural context of the applicant’s country of origin, resulting in unjustly discriminatory treatment, whether direct or indirect, of women, the conditions for granting refugee status must be considered to exist.”
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