PPT-Sharing Knowledge About Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Sharing Knowledge Programme Dr Kate Cook MMU Peggy Mulongo NESTAC Faye Macrory Consultant Midwife Jaria Hussain Lala Chair Greater Manchester Forum Claire Mooney Fabulous singersongwriter. In the world today there are an estimated 130140 million girls and women who have been subjected to the operation and 3 million girls are at risk of undergoing the practice every year 1 Studies indicate that the practice of FGM has changed in a num DC 9773 Gillian SQUIRES. West Midlands Police. Public Protection Unit. What is FGM?. All procedures which involve the partial or total removal of the external genitalia or injury to the female genital organs whether for cultural or any other non-therapeutic reasons. Female Genital Mutilation. What if FGM?. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1JAfpHf4uY. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj6W66RniJ8. Fact or Myth?. 1. Female genital mutilation is the deliberate cutting of a girl's external genitals (private parts).. Duncan Kerr, Commissioning Manager VAWSADV, Powys County Council. Gail Morris, Clinical Health Practitioner, LAC, Powys Teaching Health Board. . Aim:. To understand FGM as a form of child abuse and to be better able to identify and respond to it.. Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) . Judith Ormrod. FGM/C comprises all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.. Anna Powers. Advisor: Dr. Tomas Griebling. Mentor: Natalie Kontoulis. Summer 2015. Project Objectives . To gather information from European . nonprofit . organizations . that . focus on female genital mutilation (FGM) prevention about:. Elaine Clancy. Director . of Quality & Governance . End FGM: . Is Europe Watching? . Beth . Kelly. FGM Project Consultant . The Project so far…. Progress. Training. #EndFGMCroydon . Natalie . Report of a WHO Technical Consultationat least two million girls undergo some form of the procedure every year MostAsia They are also increasingly found among the immigrant population groupsFig 1 Charlie Jackson. What is FGM?. “comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons” (WHO, 2016). 1 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 cuttin F (FGM/C), aka female circumcision, is dened by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “All procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia for non-med 1 The History, the Current Prevalence and the Approach to a Patient April 2017 Jewel Llamas Introduction Female circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation (FGM) or female genital cutting 14 2. The Rights to Life and to Physical IntegrityThe rights to life and to physical integrity are considered core human rights. The right to life is protected by a number of international instruments 2021. DEFINITIONS . Traditional cultural practices: . They reflect values & beliefs held by members of a community for periods often spanning generations. Some are beneficial, some have neither benefits nor harms, and some are harmful to a specific group e.g. Female Genital Mutilation & child marriage..