Female Genital Mutilation (often referred to as FGM) is a destructive operation, during which the female genitals are partly or entirely removed or injured with the goals of inhibiting a woman’s sexual feelings. Most often the mutilation is performed before puberty, often on girls between the age of four and eight, but recently it is increasingly performed on nurslings who are only a couple of days, weeks or months old.
How many different types of FGM are there?
Type 1. Excision of the clitoris prepuce (“Sunna-circumcision”) and of the clitoris or parts thereof.

Type 2. Excision of the clitoris prepuce, the clitoris and the inner lips or parts thereof. Type 1 and 2 are the most common types of FGM: 80% of the affected women have gone through these procedures.

Type 3. Excision of part of or all of the external genitals (“infibulation”, also referred to as “Pharaonic Circumcision”). Afterwards the remaining parts of the outer lips are sewn together leaving a small hole for urine and menstrual flow. The scar need to be opened before intercourse or giving birth, which causes additional pain.
Complications of female genital mutilation?
FGM has no known health benefits. It has immediate, short-term and late complications, which depend on several factors.Immediate complications include fatal bleeding, acute urinary retention, urinary infection, wound infection, septicemia, tetanus, and transmission of hepatitis or HIV if instruments are non-sterile or reused. Late complications vary depending on the type of FGM performed. Other complications include epidermoid cysts that may become infected, neuroma formation, typically involving nerves that supplied the clitoris, reduced or no sexual feeling, pain during sexual intercourse, infertility and pelvic pain.
FGM - What can we do?
1. Help raising awareness!
2. Help to implement it!
3. Raise an alarm!
4. Support the fight!

REFERENCES- wikipedia and desert flower foundation

I still don't know why a parent will subject their daughter to such! Tufiakwa!

mstik: I still don't know why a parent will subject their daughter to such! Tufiakwa!

..some still blive it will make deir child or children less active sexually...

What did I just read?
How does this concern me?
Who mutilates female geniitalia(stupiid word censor) these days?
Op are you a woman rights activist?
Or were you mutilated?

krall: What did I just read?
How does this concern me?
Who mutilates female geniitalia(stupiid word censor) these days?
Op are you a woman rights activist?
Or were you mutilated?

..krall,y r u bombarding me with many questions oo??..lol......well,mayb am a woman right activist...dat i can answer...

Quite interesting!
I hope this makes FP to create adequate awareness.
I believe there are more facts and figures to this...could you tell us more?
Enjoy your day, Temi

temigracie: Female Genital Mutilation (often referred to as FGM) is a destructive operation, during which the female genitals are partly or entirely removed or injured with the goals of inhibiting a woman’s sexual feelings. Most often the mutilation is performed before puberty, often on girls between the age of four and eight, but recently it is increasingly performed on nurslings who are only a couple of days, weeks or months old.
How many different types of FGM are there?
Type 1. Excision of the clitoris prepuce (“Sunna-circumcision”) and of the clitoris or parts thereof.

Type 2. Excision of the clitoris prepuce, the clitoris and the inner lips or parts thereof. Type 1 and 2 are the most common types of FGM: 80% of the affected women have gone through these procedures.

Type 3. Excision of part of or all of the external genitals (“infibulation”, also referred to as “Pharaonic Circumcision”). Afterwards the remaining parts of the outer lips are sewn together leaving a small hole for urine and menstrual flow. The scar need to be opened before intercourse or giving birth, which causes additional pain.
Complications of female genital mutilation?
FGM has no known health benefits. It has immediate, short-term and late complications, which depend on several factors.Immediate complications include fatal bleeding, acute urinary retention, urinary infection, wound infection, septicemia, tetanus, and transmission of hepatitis or HIV if instruments are non-sterile or reused. Late complications vary depending on the type of FGM performed. Other complications include epidermoid cysts that may become infected, neuroma formation, typically involving nerves that supplied the clitoris, reduced or no sexual feeling, pain during sexual intercourse, infertility and pelvic pain.
FGM - What can we do?
1. Help raising awareness!
2. Help to implement it!
3. Raise an alarm!
4. Support the fight!

REFERENCES- wikipedia and desert flower foundation

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Why will ppl perform dat barbaric act?......Disgusting

Are there such ignorant people who still practice this?

mstik: I still don't know why a parent will subject their daughter to such! Tufiakwa!

One word illiteracy.

Never knew something like this exists, some parents are just weird

Female mutilation is barbaric and inhumane. I was discussing with a lady some months back (A final year undergraduate). She told me she was cool with the fact that she was circumcised and that she MUST do same to her daughter in order to reduce her cravings for sex and libido. I was shocked. Such an outdated practice with no benefit. Who go spoil go spoil, who go abstain go abstain.

@temi gracie
been trying to get ur attention for 2 weeks now...trailed ur comments on many threads,,,its imperative we talk...kindly send me a mail on seyemon2007@yahoo.com or a msg on 07039391534......pls its important...hoping to hear from you soon...Thanks