Female Genital Mutilation: A Glaring Reality
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2019, Vol 24, Issue 1
Abstract
Female Genital Mutilation refers to the inclusion of all procedures for partial or total elimination of the external female genital organs or external woman genitalia whether for cultural or for nonclinical reasons. It is carried out commonly on female between the ages of 0 to 15 years; however, occasionally married and adult womenhas been also subjected to this process according to the local or religious traditions and circumstances. In some nations, circumcision is practiced as early as a few days after birth and late as just prior to marriage or after the first pregnancy. Generally circumcision is carried out by a traditional practitioner who comes from a household in which generations of women have carried out the procedure. FGM is particularly widespread in Africa, where it occurs in about 28 countries and affects an estimated a hundred to a hundred and forty million women.
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Raziya Beegum M
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