Avoiding Harmful Language What is the preferred terminology to use when discussing FGM?

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is mostly practiced in the western, eastern, and north-eastern regions of Africa and in some countries in Asia and the Middle ... Sep 13, 2021 ... Prevalence of FGM. WHO estimates that over 200 million girls and women have been subjected to FGM in the 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East ... FGM is when a female's genitals are purposely cut or altered for nonmedical reasons. FGM is also known as 'female circumcision' or 'cutting'. The term Female Genital Mutilation FGM has been defined by the World Health Organisation as all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external. May 31, 2022 ... At least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), the partial or total removal of the ... Feb 6, 2019 ... Female genital mutilation, or FGM for short, is the deliberate cutting or removal of a female's external genitalia. Female genital mutilation (FGM), also referred to as female genital cutting or female circumcision, is a term used to describe partial or complete excision of ... FGM is the collective term given to several different procedures that involve the cutting of female genitalia and permanently mutilating the sexual organs of ... Female genital mutilation, also known as female genital cutting or female circumcision, involves intentional alteration or injury to the external female ... Female genital mutilation (FGM) refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to the female ...