What are the power dynamics at play in the continuation of FGM?

Feb 5, 2015 ... FGM/C refers to cutting and other procedures that injure the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. It may be called “female ... Jan 31, 2025 ... Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female ... Feb 13, 2020 ... FGM is primarily practised in about 30 countries in Africa and the Middle East. It is also practiced in some countries in Asia and Latin America. ... FGM') is 'self-evident,' meaning that the 'absence of particularized findings' about the commercial nature of FGM in the predecessor statute did not 'call ... The term Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the ... UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe. FGM is when a female's genitals are purposely cut or altered for nonmedical reasons. FGM is also known as 'female circumcision' or 'cutting'. Female genital mutilation (FGM). The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines female genital mutilation as “all procedures that involve partial or total removal ... 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 ... Feb 4, 2022 ... In Somalia, over 90 per cent or more of girls and women, have been subjected to female genital mutilation, or FGM.