Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines female genital mutilation as: all procedures (not operations) which involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or injury to the female genital organs whether for cultural or other non-therapeutic reasons” (WHO, 1996)
It is illegal in the UK to subject a child to female genital mutilation (FGM) or to take a child abroad to undergo FGM.
FGM constitutes child abuse and causes physical, psychological and sexual harm To read detailed procedures, go to Coventry SCB Children and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) procedures
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