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Female Genital Mutilation
(FGM) is
practiced in Africa's Islamic countries. |
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World Health Organization Classification of Female Genital Mutilation |
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Definition |
Female genital mutilation comprises all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs whether for cultural or other non-therapeutic reasons. | |
Type I | Excision of the
prepuce, with or without excision of part or all of the clitoris
(see Figure 2 below). Other terms used to describe Type I procedures include circumcision, ritualistic circumcision, sunna, clitoridectomy. |
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Type II | Excision of the clitoris with partial or total excision of the
labia minora (see Figure 3) Other terms used to describe Type II procedures include clitoridectomy, sunna, excision and circumcision. |
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Type III | Excision of part or all of the external genitalia and
stitching/narrowing of the vaginal opening (infibulation,
(see Figure 4) Other terms used to describe Type III procedures include infibulation, Pharaonic circumcision and Somalian circumcision. |
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Type IV | Unclassified: includes
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"Female genital mutilation -- female circumcision, may be performed on girls ranging in from 1 week to puberty. Immediate physical
complications include severe pain, shock, infection, bleeding, acute urinary
infection, tetanus, and death. Long-term problems include chronic pain,
difficulties with urination and menstruation, pelvic infection leading
to infertility, and prolonged and obstructed labor during childbirth. ~ British Medical Journal on
Female Genital Mutilation August
1993 |
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![]() Appearance of Type III after suture - see Figure 4.c |
![]() Appearance of Type III after suture - see Figure 4.c |
![]() Appearance of Type III 15 days after suture. see Figure 4.c |
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