Female Genital Mutilation

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) also known as Female Genital Cutting (FGC), Female circumcision, or Female Genital Mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is defined by the World Health Organization (2007) as “all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organ for non-medical reasons. The practice of FGM is one of the most significant health and human right issues in the world  (UNICEF 2005). Thorpe (2002) on his part describe Female Circumcision as excision, where part of t…