Female genital mutilation: the role of health professionals in prevention, assessment, and management
2012
#### Summary points
Female genitalmutilation (FGM), also known as female circumcision or cutting, is thought to affect 100-140 million women worldwide.1 It describes a range of procedures, often involving partial or total excision of the
external female genitalia, that are carried out for non-medical reasons (box 1; figs 1-4⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ⇓).2 FGM breaches
international human rights law, in particular the United Nations
Conventionon the
Rightsof the
Child,3 and has been criminalised in much of the world, including many African countries in which it is traditionally practised. The United Kingdom is one of several Western countries that have enacted specific legislation in response to
international migration(box 2).4 #### Box 1 Classification of
female genitalmutilation5
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