How is education and awareness raising used to change attitudes towards FGM?

Female genital mutilation (FGM) (also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision) 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 ... Sep 1, 2015 ... This commentary is aiming to summarize our current experience with FGM versus CGM in Germany, taking many different factors into consideration. All procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. Liberia remains one of the three West African countries that do not have a law criminalizing FGM despite having signed and ratified regional and international ... FGM is a destructive operation, during which the female genitals are partly or entirely removed or injured with the aim of inhibiting a woman's sexual feelings. You may have an examination to assess the type of FGM you have had and the impact (if any) this may have on your pregnancy and labour. Depending on the type of ... Sep 16, 2019 ... FGM is a harmful practice against women and girls and has been banned in the UK since 1985. This is the first conviction and sentence in the UK. 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 ... Painful. Irreversible. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a human rights violation that inflicts lifelong suffering on millions of women and girls. It is a ...