Female genital mutilation
Jan 31, 2025 · Female genital mutilation (FGM) includes procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (SRH)
Type III. (Often referred to as infibulation). Narrowing of the vaginal opening with the creation of a covering seal. The seal is formed by cutting and repositioning the labia minora, or labia majora. The …
Mutilations génitales féminines
Jan 31, 2025 · Les mutilations sexuelles féminines sont des interventions qui altèrent ou lèsent intentionnellement les organes génitaux externes de la femme pour des raisons non médicales.
New study highlights multiple long-term health complications from ...
Apr 14, 2025 · The present study, titled Exploring the health complications of female genital mutilation through a systematic review and meta-analysis, updates and expands previous reviews, compiling all …
Female genital mutilation - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jul 15, 2024 · Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a traditional harmful practice that involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injury to female genital organs for non-medical …
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (SRH)
Jan 31, 2025 · It is estimated that more than 230 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation.
New WHO guidelines to improve care for millions living with female ...
May 16, 2016 · The new publication, WHO guidelines on the management of health complications from female genital mutilation equips health-care providers with key recommendations, grouped into four …
WHO issues new recommendations to end the rise in “medicalized” …
Apr 28, 2025 · Urgent measures are needed to curtail the rising “medicalization” of female genital mutilation (FGM) and to engage health workers to prevent the practice, according to a new guideline …
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (SRH)
Female genital mutilation (FGM) has no health benefits, and it harms girls and women in many ways. The practice involves removing and injuring healthy and normal female genital tissue, interfering with …
WHO guidelines on the management of health complications from …
May 6, 2016 · The guidelines provide current, evidence-based recommendations and best-practice statements on the management of health complications among girls and women living with FGM.