FGM-Munish 2014
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Female Genital
MutilationDr. Sheetal Shah
Head of Department - Behavioral & Social Sciences
Webster University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Facts/Statistics
• FGM: Female Genital Mutilation is a destructive way operation of
removing part or all of a girl’s genitalia. The tissue around the vaginal
opening is scraped away or the vagina itself is cut. In the mostextreme cases, the vaginal opening is stitched shut
More than 125 millio !irls and women alive today have een cut in
the 2" coutries in !frica and Middle "ast where FGM is concentrated
.
# million girls are at ris$ annually.
FGM is mostly carried out on young girls sometime etween infancy
and age %&. #vera!e a!e o$ the !irl is 10
% out o$ 10 !irls will e cut at home, not in a medical estalishment
FGM is a violation of the human rights of girls and women.
'(ource: )orld *ealth +rganiation Fact (heet on FGM-
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Procedures
• &litoridectomy: partial or total removal of the clitoris 'a
small, sensitive and erectile part of the female genitals- and,
in very rare cases, only the prepuce 'the fold of s$insurrounding the clitoris-.
• '(cisio: partial or total removal of the clitoris and the laia
minora 'the laia are the lips that surround the vagina-.
•I$i)ulatio: narrowing of the vaginal opening through thecreation of a covering seal. The seal is formed y cutting
and repositioning the inner, or outer, laia, with or without
removal of the clitoris.
• *ther: all other harmful procedures to the female genitalia
for non/medical purposes.
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Consequences/Harm
• 0ecurrent ladder and urinary tract infections• cysts
• infertility
• an increased ris$ of childirth complications and
neworn deaths• the need for later surgeries
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W! a Human "i#ts $iolation
• 1eep/rooted ine2uality etween the sexes 3 constitutes
an extreme form of discrimination against women.• 4rocedure carried out on Minors :violation of the rights
of children.
• 4ractice violates a person5s rights to health, security and
physical integrity, the right to e free from torture andcruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and the right to
life when the procedure results in death.
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Wo is at "&S'(
• 6oung girls sometime etween infancy and age %&
• In !frica, more than three million girls have een
estimated to e at ris$ for FGM annually.
• The practice is most common in the western, eastern, and
north/eastern regions of !frica, in some countries in !sia
and the Middle "ast, and among migrants from these
areas.
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S+readin# across teWorld
• 7!8!TI+9 8TTI9G: Introducing measures to stop
girls eing ta$en aroad for ;vacation cutting< '=-
• >in$ to *uman Traffic$ing
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"ecent 1ents
• +ctoer #?’@?%A 9 launches gloal media campaign to
end FGM
• @?%@ 9 General !ssemly passes resolution for ero
tolerance on FGM
• FGM !ct @?%%
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docac!
• FGM !8T @?%%
• http:BBwww.desertflowerfoundation.orgB
• http:BBwww.thegirlgeneration.orgB
• http:BBwww.womanstats.orgB
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