How can the health sector be better equipped to prevent FGM and care for survivors?

The practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) still affects almost the entire female population of Somalia, according to a recent query resp... We're working to prevent female genital mutilation by empowering children, women and communities in several countries. WHAT IS FGM? FGM refers to the removal of ... Feb 6, 2021 ... The reasons for practicing FGC include for culture (60%), rite of passage (38%), marriage (37%), purity and virginity (29%), health and hygiene (11%), religion ... In order to determine where Islamic Sharia stands as far as FGM is concerned we have to search in the Holy Quran, then the Sunna, then. Ijma' and finally Qiyas. 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 ... Dec 6, 2021 ... FGC stands for female genital cutting while FGM is female genital mutilation. It is a procedure in which female genitals are removed for a non- ... FGM, known also female circumcision pre 1990, is the altering of the external female genital organ by operation for non-medical reasons. FGM is closely ... Other terms for FGM include 'female circumcision' or 'cutting'. FGM is recognised internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women. The ... Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female ... The most common form of female genital mutilation (FGM) or female genital cutting (FGC) practiced in Somalia is Type III (commonly referred to as infibulation)