US EditionAfrica: One in Four Female Genital Mutilation Cases Now Carried Out By Health Workers
- The World Health Organization warned Monday about female genital mutilation increasingly performed by health workers.
- Evidence indicates health workers are sometimes called upon to perform the procedure instead of community practitioners.
- This medicalization risks unintentionally legitimizing the practice and can cause more severe health issues.
- As of 2020, health workers performed FGM on an estimated 52 million girls and women globally.
- WHO issued new guidelines urging action from health workers and governments to end FGM.
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Africa: One in Four Female Genital Mutilation Cases Now Carried Out By Health Workers
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is becoming less common worldwide, but when it does occur, it is increasingly performed by professional healthcare workers, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday.
Although recognized as a human rights violation and prohibited in many countries, today there are more than 230 million girls and women in the world who have suffered female genital mutilation (FGM), according to a report by Unicef published in 2024. Of these, about 52 million, approximately one in four ablation survivors, were maimed by health professionals.
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Female genital mutilation (FGM) is becoming less common worldwide, but when it does occur, it is increasingly performed by professional healthcare workers, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday. Source UN News The post One in four female genital mutilation cases now carried out by health workers appeared first on Africa Global Village.
WHO Adopts New Measures To End Medicalised FGM
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has adopted measures “to curtail rising medicalisation of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)” and to engage health workers to prevent the practice. The global health body in a statement on Monday, said the measure is contained in a new guideline published on April 25. According to the statement, while the health sector plays key role in stopping FGM and supporting survivours in several parts of the world, evidenc…
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