1. Female Anatomy Female Genital Mutilation
By: Joeylyn Sanchez,, Merry Touch, Carolina Sarabia, Ciara Taylor, Trysty Lopez

2. Female Anatomy Vulva Joeylyn
Labia Majora: the larger outer folds of the vulva
Labia Minora: the smaller interfolds of the vulva, these are different for everyone some can be larger than others. Just because they are larger doesnt mean a women is “loose”!
Mons pubis: the rounded mass of fatty tissue lying over the joint of the pubic bones, in women typically more prominent.
Vagina:the muscular tube leading from the external genitals to the cervix of the uterus in women and most female mammals.

3. Many nerve ending abide here, which help for the clitoris’ central role, sexual stimulation.
Serves as protection of the most delicate parts of the vulva.
Urination
Helps aid with protection of the vagina opening.
Passageway for menstrual blood, receives penis during sex, and serves as a birth canal.
Expulsion of feces

4. Vagina
Cervix
Uterus
Ovaries
Fallopian Tubes

5. In groups...
In your group of three or four, share if you’ve ever heard of Female Genital Mutilation or anything you’ve heard about it.
IF NOT
Share if there is any tradition in your culture that requires physical change such as getting ears pierced, tattoos, etc.
Trysty: * 3 mins to talk amongst group then share. Then introduce FGM.

6. Familiar with FGM?
Carolina

7. Introduce FGM Also known as “Female Genital Mutilation”
Procedure that damages the female genitalia or genital organs
Girl version of being circumcised *
The procedure has no health benefits for girls and women
More than 200 million girls and women alive today have been affected by FGM
FGM is a violation of the human rights of girls and women
Carolina S.
Procedures can cause severe bleeding and problems urinating, and later cysts, infections, as well as complications in child birth and increased risk of newborn deaths.
Trysty

8. What they actually do during the procedure?
Female genital mutilation is classified into 4 major types:
Type 1: Often referred to as clitoridectomy
Type 2: Often referred to as excision
Type 3: Often referred to as infibulation
Type 4: This includes all other harmful procedures to the female genitalia for non- medical purposes
Carolina S.
Clitoridectomy: This is the partial or total removal of the clitoris, and in very rare cases, only the prepuce which is the fold of the skin surrounding the clitoris
Excision: This is the partial or total removal of the clitoris and the labia minora (the inner folds of the vulva), with or without excision of the labia majora (the outer folds of skin of the vulva)
Infibulation: This is the narrowing of the vaginal opening through the creation of a covering seal. The seal is formed by cutting and repositioning the labia minora, or labia majora, sometimes through stitching , with or without removal of the clitoris (clitoridecomy)
Type 4 Example: Pricking, piercing, incising, scraping and cauterizing the genital area

10. More than 3 million girls are estimated to be at risk for FGM annually
Where does it happen?
FGM is a global problem
More than 3 million girls are estimated to be at risk for FGM annually
More than 200 million girls and women alive today have been cut in 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia (where FGM is concentrated)
In some African, Middle Eastern and Indonesian countries the majority of women have had FGM

11. Cultural and Social Aspects
Social convention
Ideals of femininity and modesty
A necessary part of raising a girl
Reduce a woman's libido
Increases marriageability
Merry

12. Perks of FGM FGM has no health benefits!!
risks increase with increasing severity
Merry
-usually carried out by elderly people in the community: barbers or female relative -

13. Consequences
Long term and short term complications depend on which Type a woman has undergone.
Includes:
Bleeding
Infection
Urinary problems
Fracture
Scarring
Pain
Infertility
Obstetrical problems: inability to manage labor
Trysty

14. Personal Stories/ Who is at risk?

15. - knives, scissors, scalpels, pieces of glass or razor blades
-no anaesthetic and antiseptics

17. International Response
Many efforts have been made to counteract FGM through research, work within communities, and changes in public policy.
Wider involvement to end FGM
Monitoring bodies and resolutions that condemn the practice
Revised legal frameworks and growing political support to end FGM
Prevalence of FGM has decreased in most countries and an increasing number of women and men in practising communities supporting the ending of its practice.
*Research shows that if communities decide to abandon FGM, the practice can be eliminated quickly
Ciara.
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