FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION

 

FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION

FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION ALSO KNOWN AS THE FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING, IS A RITUAL CUTTING OR REMOVAL OF SOME OR ALL OF THE EXTERNAL FEMALE GENITALS. THIS PROCESS IS FOUND IN AFRICA , ASIA, AND MIDDLE EAST. THE PROCESS IS CARRIED OUT BY THE TRADITIONAL PEOPLES BY A BLADE TO CUT THE GENITALS. FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IS CONDUCTED FROM DAY AFTER BIRTH OF PUBERTY AND BEYOND. IN SOME COUNTRIES MOST GIRLS ARE CUT BEFORE THE AGE OF FIVE.

FGM INCLUDES REMOVAL OF THE CLITORAL HOOD AND CLITORAL GLANS, REMOVAL OF THE INNER LABIA, REMOVAL OF THE INNER AND OUTER LABIA AND CLOSURE OF VULVA. ONLY A SMALL HOLE IS LEFT FOR THE PASSAGE OF URINE AND MENSTRUAL FLUID. THE VAGINA IS OPENED FOR THE INTER COURSE AND  OPENED FUTHER FOR CHILD BIRTH . THE PRACTICE IS DUE TO GENDER INEQUALITY AND ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL THE WOMEN’S SEXUALITY. THE HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT ARE FACED ARE INFECTIONS , DIFFICULTY IN PASSING URINES , MENSTRUAL  FLUID , CHRONIC PAIN , INABILITY TO GET PREGNANT, COMPLICATION DURING CHILDBIRTH AND FATAL BLEEDING.

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ZERO TOLERANCE FOR FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IS A UNITED NATION ANNUAL AWARENESS DAY TO ERADICATE THE FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION. THE DAY WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN 2003. THE MOMENT IS FOR THE RIGHT OF WOMEN AND THEIR BODIES AND HEALTH. ON 6TH FEBRUARY 2003 , STELLA OBASANJO , THE FIRST LADY OF NIGERIA AND SPOKESPERSON OF CAMPAIGN AGAINST FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION , MADE THE OFFICIAL DECLARATION FOR THE “ ZERO TOLERANCE FOR THE FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION”

FGM IS NOT A CULTURE BUT TORTURE FOR THE FEMALE. THE PROCESS SHOULD END WHICH WILL SAVE 1OO MILLION OF GIRLS EVERY YEAR FROM THE GENITAL MUTILATION.

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