FGM

Harmful traditional practice

FGM is an acronym for female genital mutilation—the practice of cutting or removing parts of the external female genitalia, typically performed on girls.

The practice occurs in parts of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, usually for cultural or religious reasons.

International health organizations classify it as a human rights violation.

Also called female circumcision or female genital cutting.

practice

cutting

Dividing via sharp edge

excisionCutting out of tissue
clitoridectomySurgical excision of female anatomy
circumcisionForeskin surgical removal

procedure · genitalia · mutilation · prevalence · medicalization · suturing · bleeding · scarring · complications · infection

health

hemorrhage

Profuse discharge of blood

traumaLasting psychological wound
fistulaAberrant anatomical channel
incontinenceInability to retain waste

infertility · dysmenorrhea · cyst · keloid · pain · infection · sepsis · urinary · obstetric · psychological

rights

survivor

One still alive after

consentVoluntary agreement given
safeguardingPreventing harm or loss
criminalizationMaking conduct unlawful

legislation · prosecution · asylum · refugee · abandonment · eradication · zero-tolerance · advocacy · empowerment · justice

discourse

debate

Formal argument on issues

ethicsStudy of right conduct
tabooCultural or social prohibition
stigmaMark of dishonor

sensitivity · condemnation · dialogue · controversy · polarizing · prohibition · morality · perspectives · framing · terminology

ritual

initiation

Formal admission ceremony

ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
riteCeremonial act or practice
passageSegment of text

tradition · custom · ancestral · tribal · communal · adolescence · maturity · purification · womanhood · elder

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cutting

hemorrhage

survivor

debate

initiation

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