Psychological Consequences of Female Genital Mutilation - A Review

Abstract

According to the definition of the World Health Organisation (WHO), FGM means partial or complete non-therapeutic removal or injury of each of the external female genitals for religious or cultural reasons [2]. FGM has been classified into 4 types: Type I (clitoridectomy) involves the partial or total removal of the prepuce and/or the clitoral gland; type II involves the partial or total removal of the labia minora and clitoral glans without the excision of the labia majora; type III (infibulation) involves narrowing the vaginal canal by modifying the labia majora and minora and may also include the removal of the clitoral glans