FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION BY: BRANDY COMPTON

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FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IS THE REMOVAL OF ALL OR PART OF THE FEMALE GENITALIA FOR NON-MEDICAL PURPOSES FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IS CLASSIFIED INTO FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES. 1. CLITORIDECTOMY 2. EXCISION 3. INFIBULATION 4. ALL OTHER HARMFUL DAMAGE DONE TO THE FEMALE GENITALS FOR NON-MEDICAL PURPOSES

PRACTICED PRIMARILY IN AFRICA

There are an estimated 3 million girls at risk of FGM between the ages of 15-49

Some girls are undergoing FGM at much younger ages

MOST GIRLS DON’T SURVIVE THE HEALING PROCESS

FGM IS USUALLY PERFORMED WITHOUT ANESTHESIA

HELP STOP FGM

CREDITS Slide 8 photo by Raheel Raza Information provided by World Health Organization, WHO Slide 11 photo provided by Annabel Roberts and Marian Smith of NBC News. All other photos were provided by the World Health Organization