Is FGM ever considered a religious requirement?

FGM is universally considered a practice resulting from patriarchal societies and the subsequent powerlessness of women. It is considered to be rooted in male ... Feb 6, 2024 ... Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting (FGM/C). FGM/C refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia ... Jul 15, 2024 ... In 2015, the adoption of the Women's (Amendment) Act, which criminalizes and sets out punishments for performing, aiding and abetting the ... Female genital mutilation (FGM) (also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision) 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 5, 2019 ... FIGO joins WHO in the strongest opposition to any medicalisation of the procedure. "The 'medicalisation' of FGM is an alarming trend being seen all over the ... Female genital mutilation increases the risks of immediate and long-term psychological, obstetric, genitourinary and sexual and reproductive health ... 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 ... 76 percent of women in Burkina Faso aged 15-49 have undergone FGM. The majority of girls undergo FGM before the age of five, with prevalence ranging from 22 ... 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 ...