How can healthcare providers offer sensitive and trauma-informed care to FGM survivors?

Feb 5, 2024 ... A couple of our priority areas are around eliminating gender-based violence and other harmful practices, including child marriage and female ... The WHO FGM Cost Calculator has two primary functions. It estimates the current and projected financial health care costs associated with FGM in specific ... Feb 2, 2020 ... Narrowing of the vaginal opening with the creation of a covering seal by cutting and appositioning the labia minora or labia majora with or ... Jul 30, 2024 ... FGM Protection Orders. Whilst the criminal law focuses on prosecuting those who commit FGM offences, the focus of FGM Protection Orders (FGMPOs) ... 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 ... Female genital mutilation (FGM). The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines female genital mutilation as “all procedures that involve partial or total removal ... All procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. FGM comprises all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs. It is illegal in ... It is a global issue that occurs in over 90 countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and within diaspora communities worldwide. Why Is It Performed? FGM is a cultural custom, not a religious tenet. Some community members believe FGM is religiously prescribed. Communities that practice ...