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There is a widespread view among practitioners of female genital mutilation (FGM) that it is a religious requirement, [ 2][ 3][ 4][ 8] although prevalence rates often vary according to geography and ethnic group. [ 9] There is an ongoing debate about the extent to which the practice's continuation is influenced by custom, social pressure, lack ...
Jewish. Christian. View. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), female genital mutilation (FGM), also referred to as “female circumcision” or “female cutting”, “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 ...
Introduction. Female genital cutting, also known as female genital mutilation or female circumcision 1, is a term used to describe operations on female genitalia ranging from a small nick in the clitoris to total removal of the clitoris and labia. In some cases the procedure is accompanied by infibulation, the sewing together of the labia.
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is defined as all the procedures which involve the partial or total removal of the external female genital organs for nontherapeutic reasons [1,2]. Different classifications have been used for FGM/C by various authors, but the most acceptable or adopted is the WHO classification [1,2,3,4].
Women of all ages are at risk of female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) in societies and regions where this practice is a tradition.[1] Cultural and societal rationales vary. Justifications of FGM/C are often motivated by religious beliefs and cultural values surrounding marriage, virginity, sexuality, reduction of promiscuity, and the perception of womanhood.[1][2] The practices that ...
Keywords: female genital mutilation/cutting, religiosity, religious fundamentalism, religious threat Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) encompasses all procedures that injure or remove parts of the female genitalia for nonmedical reasons. It is estimated that around 200 million women
A common practice in many African and Middle Eastern communities, female genital cutting (FGC), also commonly referred to as female genital mutilation or female circumcision, outrages many outside observers. It is a prominent and polarizing flashpoint in debates that occur at the...
