PPT-FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION

Alison Byrne 14 th June 2014 African Womens Service Heart of England NHS Trust What is FGM The term Female Genital Mutilation also called female genital cutting 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. 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 This study examines the effect of different types of FGM on obstetric outcome Methods 28 393 women attending for singleton delivery between November 2001 and March 2003 at 28 obstetric centres in Burkina Faso Ghana Kenya Nigeria Senegal and Sudan we Raising awareness of FGM in schools – identification and prevention. Debs Ward.  ----------------------------------------------. Today’s aims. What is FGM and why do DSPs need to be concerned?. Identification of risk factors and warning signs.. 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/Cutting. Overview. An estimated 100 million to 140 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and more than 3 million girls are at risk for cutting each year on the African continent alone.. Naima Scego. What is FGMC?. Four types. Type I: Clitoradectomy. Type II: Excision . Type III: Infibulation . Type IV: addresses any harmful procedures done to female genitalia that are for non-medical purposes . FGM is best understood not as an isolated phenomenon but rather as the tip of the iceberg of asymmetrical gender relations.. -. Emanuela. . Finke. What is FGM?. Female genital mutilation (FGM) – . 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:. criminalisation. . Dr. Sharon Morley. Introduction. Conceptual similarities between Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Female Genital . Cosmetic Surgery (FGCS). Harmful effects. Patriarchal cultural understandings. 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 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 Rebecca Humphreys. Specialist Health Visitor. Complex and Vulnerable Families. This Photo. by Unknown Author is licensed under . CC BY-SA-NC. FGM comprises of 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’. Researcher. . on . FGM @MMU. One of the founders of wespeakout.org. Email: Jaria.hussain-lala@stu.mmu.ac.uk. WHO Definition. . Female . genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for .