Female Mutilation

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ISBN
9781742576077

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By Hilary Burrage
Format Paperback / softback
Page Extent 200
Book Size 232 x 155 x 29 mm (H x W x D)
Imprint New Holland Publishers
Release Date 29/01/2016
Subject Classification True stories

Read the harrowing stories of women who have been genitally mutilated, their accounts of survival and their determination to end this injustice. This book covers the controversial cultural practice that is taking place around the world including in Western countries where it is illegal.

The numbers of girls and women affected around the world are staggering. Death is not an uncommon outcome. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is the partial or complete removal of the external female genitals for cultural rather than medical or religious reasons, its origin unknown. Practitioners believe the procedure enhances the girl's health, hygiene, chastity, fertility and marriage prospects the truth is it obliterates sexual pleasure, causes severe health problems and is sometimes fatal.

Hilary Burrage