
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)
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, …
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 …
New study highlights multiple long-term health complications …
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 …
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (SRH)
Types of female genital mutilation Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female …
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.
Female genital mutilation: Evidence brief
Nov 11, 2019 · Female genital mutilation (FGM) is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women. It reflects deep rooted inequality between the sexes, and …
WHO issues new recommendations to end the rise in …
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 …
WHO guideline on the prevention of female genital mutilation and ...
Apr 28, 2025 · The current revised guideline has an expanded scope, providing up-to-date, evidenceinformed recommendations for the health sector on FGM prevention as well as …
残割女性生殖器 - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jan 31, 2025 · 重要事实 在30个有残割女性生殖器习俗的非洲、中东和亚洲国家中,有超过2.3亿在世的女童和妇女接受了女性生殖器残割。 残割女性生殖器主要针对婴儿期至15岁的女童。 残 …