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  1. The practice involves removing and injuring healthy and normal female genital tissue, interfering with the natural functions of girls' and women's bodies. It can lead to immediate health risks, as well as a variety of long-term complications affecting women's physical, mental and sexual health and well-being throughout the life-course.
  2. Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. The practice has no health benefits for girls and women and cause severe bleeding and problems urinating, and later cysts, infections, as well as ...
  3. An estimated 230 million girls and women worldwide have undergone some form of female genital mutilation (FGM) - many before the age of 15. Despite being internationally recognized as a human rights violation, FGM persists for various reasons. No matter where or how it is performed, FGM causes extreme physical and psychological harm.
  4. Female genital mutilation (FGM) refers to all forms of partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other alterations to female genital organs, carried out for cultural or nontherapeutic reasons.1 This practice is performed mostly on girls under the age of 5 and, in any case, below the age of 14.2,3 Various types of FGM are recognized by World Health Organization (WHO), with ...
  5. First International Conference on Ending Female Genital Mutilation in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. 2019. The Declaration and Action Plan to End Cross-border Female Genital Mutilation, adopted at an inaugural regional inter-ministerial meeting held in 2019. The meeting, which was the first of its kind in the history of global efforts to eradicate ...
  6. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

    Two hundred million girls and women in the world are estimated to have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), and another 15 million girls are at risk of experiencing it by 2020 in high prevalence countries (UNICEF, 2016. ... religious authorities, in collaboration with civil society organisations. Establish support mechanisms, including ...
  7. Female genital mutilation (FGM) exacts a crippling economic as well as human cost, according to World Health Organization (WHO)."FGM is not only a catastrophic abuse of human rights that significantly harms the physical and mental health of millions of girls and women; it is also a drain on a country's vital economic resources," said Dr Ian Askew, Director of WHO's Department of Sexual ...
  8. 1 Ahinkorah BO, Hagan JE, Seidu A-A, et al. Association between female genital mutilation and girl-child marriage in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Biosocial Science. 2023;55(1):87-98. 2 Njogu, G. N. (2018). Female Genital Mutilation and its Effect in Public Primary Schools Participation by the Girl Child: A Study of Samburu County, Kenya.
  9. Female genital mutilation refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. It is a deeply entrenched - and deeply damaging - social and cultural norm in many places. The practice can cause short- and long-term health complications including chronic pain, infections,, anxiety ...
  10. thelancet.com

    Female genital mutilation (FGM) or cutting is harmful practice violating female genital organs for non-medical reasons. There are no health benefits, medical requirements, or justification for FGM. Instead, it is a damaging cultural and social practice violating health and human rights, affecting more than 200 million girls and women worldwide.1 Annually, an estimated 4.3 million girls are at ...
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