female genital mutilation
noun
: a procedure performed especially as a cultural rite that typically includes the total or partial excision of the female external genitalia and especially the clitoris and labia minora and that is now outlawed in many nations including the U.S.
—abbreviation FGM
called also female circumcision
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Globally, over 230 million girls and women have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), representing a 15% increase—or 30 million more girls and women—compared to data from eight years ago.
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Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Over the past year, Gambia — a tiny, majority Muslim country — has been engulfed in a nationwide debate about female genital cutting, which is widely known as female genital mutilation (FGM).
—Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
Coulibaly, already having worked as an actress and journalist, was also a public opponent of female genital mutilation, a practice known to occur throughout Africa and that she had been subjected to herself.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
As the Bahs understood it, cutting – a practice known internationally as female genital mutilation, or FGM – was a core tenet of their religion and their culture.
—Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2024
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Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Over the past year, Gambia — a tiny, majority Muslim country — has been engulfed in a nationwide debate about female genital cutting, which is widely known as female genital mutilation (FGM).
—Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
Coulibaly, already having worked as an actress and journalist, was also a public opponent of female genital mutilation, a practice known to occur throughout Africa and that she had been subjected to herself.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
As the Bahs understood it, cutting – a practice known internationally as female genital mutilation, or FGM – was a core tenet of their religion and their culture.
—Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2024
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“Female genital mutilation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/female%20genital%20mutilation. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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