Female Genital mutilation has been practiced for several decades. Those procedures have lead to an exceedingly high death rate and life long health consequences amongst women. The world health organizations (2016) states that FGM includes 4 procedures that intentionally modifies and causes injury to women and young girls genital organs for non-medical motives. Additionally, these procedures have been known to cause “severe bleeding, problems urinating, cysts, infections as well as complications in childbirth” (WHO 2016, 1). Among the countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East FGM has occurred in over 200 million females ranging from infant to 15 years old. The inhuman abuse has been brought to the attention of many international groups, non-governmental organizations (NGO) and local governments.
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Globally FGM is a violation of human rights issues and is also seen a severe form of gender discrimination. In Tanzania these practices are performed to insure a young girl’s readiness before adulthood and marriage. Their beliefs are centered around improving unacceptable sexual behavior. Throughout out Africa you can see various customs of different beliefs, for example, breast ironing is used on adolescent girls who have developed breast at early
Globally FGM is a violation of human rights issues and is also seen a severe form of gender discrimination. In Tanzania these practices are performed to insure a young girl’s readiness before adulthood and marriage. Their beliefs are centered around improving unacceptable sexual behavior. Throughout out Africa you can see various customs of different beliefs, for example, breast ironing is used on adolescent girls who have developed breast at early