In simple words Fgm is the partial or total removal of the female external genitalia and it is also called female circumcision due to the fact that it involves the removal of the skin cover of the genitalia. It is also called female circumcision. It is mostly done at an early age or in childhood. The removal of the external genitalia in female usually results to lots of impairement and difficulties, that are just not physical, but are sexual, psychological, emotional and medical.

Female genitalia mutilation has been proven to be as a result of cultural beliefs and tradition of people from different societies. The reasons according to the beliefs are to prevent promiscuity and waywardness of girls or women in their society, protect family honor and reputation from being crushed, protect virginity and sexual beauty of their daughters. To ensure social and cultural control of women's sexuality in that society, secure the marital future of their daughters, promote male attraction rate and sexual pleasure. All these are misconception mostly due to ignorance that must be addressed if fgm is to be eradicated.

Estimated 150 million women living today have undergone this ritual (2-3 million girls per year), widely practiced in Africa. Which is alarming. 

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Fgm is performed mostly in local villages, where the instruments used are are not sterilized. Infant and mortality rates are generally higher in those communities. FGM has no health This practice is not medically related and has no medical benefits as a support to its barbarism other than custom, culture and tradition which is the reason it needs to be discouraged and eradicated to ensure the freedom of these girls and women who think it be a practice of pride in ignorance. Hence, enlightening the victims of female genitalia mutilation is one of the steps to achieving their freedom from such callous act of ungodliness rather than remaining silent and this procedure continues to spread building firm roots and mobilizing generations or more people to its support which will make it extremely difficult to suppress if its backup becomes hard and unyielding.  

  Ladies and gentlemen, talk about this topic with your friends and family, in order to spread the message and point out that urgent action must be taken. Lets join hands and eradicate this barbaric act.Thank you.