Search results with tag "Female genital cutting"
Sexual behaviours traffic light tool - enhertsccg
www.enhertsccg.nhs.ukFemale genital mutilation/cutting Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female circumcision or female genital cutting, is defined by the World Health Organisation as being "all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs whether for
on the elimination of female genital mutilation - IPPF
www.ippf.org‘Female genital cutting’ (FGC) – or ‘female genital mutilation/cutting’ (FGM/C) ... on the elimination of female genital mutilation Medicalization of female genital mutilation is strongly condemned, is illegal in many countries, and health care providers must be
Abandoning Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
assets.prb.orgtive terms—female genital cutting, female genital mutilation, female circumcision—in the chapters of the three case studies chosen as promising practices and in the appendices where various interventions are listed, the preferred terminology of each of the projects will be used.
mutilation The facts - GOV.UK
assets.publishing.service.gov.ukthe female genital organs for non-medical reasons. FGM has been categorised into four types, ranging from a symbolic prick to the clitoris or prepuce, to the fairly extensive removal and narrowing of the vaginal opening. All these forms of FGM have been found in the UK. FGM is sometimes known as ‘female genital cutting’ or female circumcision.
Female Circumcision: The History, the Current Prevalence ...
med.virginia.eduFemale Circumcision: The History, the Current Prevalence and the Approach to a Patient Jewel Llamas April 2017 Introduction Female circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation (FGM) or female genital cutting (FGC), is practiced in many countries spanning parts of Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.