female genital mutilation
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female genital mutilation (countable and uncountable, plural female genital mutilations)
- The complete amputation or partial cutting of the vulva.
- Any mutilation of the female genitals done for non-medical reasons, such as the infliction of abrasion, burns (chemical or cauterizing), or cuts or slits, or amputation or piercing.
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the complete amputation or partial cutting of the external female genitalia
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References
- Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation, a 1995 report by the WHO:
- The WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA Joint Statement classified female genital mutilation into four types
- Type IV: All other harmful procedures to the female genitalia for non-medical purposes, for example: pricking, piercing, incising, scraping and cauterization.
- Insertion of harmful substances can be defined as a form of genital mutilation