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v. t. e. Female genital mutilation (FGM) (also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision[a]) is the cutting or removal of some or all of the vulva for non-medical reasons. FGM prevalence varies worldwide, but is majorly present in some countries of Africa, Asia and Middle East, and within ...
Waris Dirie (Somali: Waris Diiriye; born 21 October 1965) is a Somali model, author, actress and human rights activist in the fight against female genital mutilation . From 1997 to 2003, she was a UN special ambassador against FGM. In 2002 she founded her own organization in Vienna, the Desert Flower Foundation.
Genital modifications are forms of body modifications applied to the human sexual organs. The term genital enhancement is generally used for genital modifications that improve the recipient's quality of life in result in positive health outcomes. [1] The term genital mutilation is used for genital modifications that drastically diminish the ...
Female genital mutilation is prevalent in Mali. [ 102 ] The WHO gives a prevalence of 85.2% for women aged 15–49 in 2006 in Mali. [ 63 ] In a 2007 report, [ 120 ] 92% of all Mali women between the ages of 15 and 49 had been subjected to FGM. The rates of FGM are lower only among the Sonrai (28%), the Tamachek (32%) and the Bozo people (76%).
As of 25 July 2020, genital mutilation of female persons under age 18 is punishable in the Netherlands, including when committed abroad by Dutch citizens, foreigners who later obtain Dutch citizenship or foreigners with a regular place of residence or stay in the Netherlands, as a form of (aggravated) assault (potentially premeditated) under ...
Sierra Leone is one of 28 countries in Africa where female genital mutilation (FGM) is known to be practiced [1] and one of few that has not banned it. [2] It is widespread in part due to it being an initiation rite into the "Bondo," though initiation rite-related FGM was criminalised in 2019. [3][4] The type most commonly practised in Sierra ...
Female genital mutilation in Nigeria. Nigeria has the highest rate of female genital mutilation (FGM) [ a ] in the world in total numbers. [ 1 ] It is usually experienced by girls aged 0 to 15 years old. [ 2 ] It involves either partial or complete removal of the vulva or other injury to the female genital organs and has no medical benefit.
Infibulation is the ritual removal of the vulva and its suturing, a practice found mainly in northeastern Africa, particularly in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan. [1] The World Health Organization refers to the procedure as Type III female genital mutilation. The term can also refer to the entirely different practice of placing ...