#EndFGM – ‘FGM can inflict severe long-term psychological damage on infants and young girls’ – WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) said, “Female Genital Mutilation #FGM can inflict severe long-term psychological damage on infants and young girls.”

World Health Organization (WHO) says #EndFGM
World Health Organization (WHO) says #EndFGM

The “damage” includes; “infection, later childbearing complications and post-traumatic stress disorder.”

According to WHO: “Female Genital Mutilation or #FGM involves cutting or removing some or all of the healthy female genitalia.


Mostly carried out on infants and young girls, it can inflict severe immediate and long-term physical and psychological damage, including infection, later childbearing complications, and post-traumatic stress disorder #EndFGM “

Female Genital Mutilation or #FGM involves cutting or removing some or all of the healthy female genitalia.  Mostly carried out on infants and young girls, it can inflict severe immediate and long-term physical and psychological damage, including infection, later childbearing complications, and post-traumatic stress disorder #EndFGM
Female Genital Mutilation or #FGM involves cutting or removing some or all of the healthy female genitalia.  Mostly carried out on infants and young girls, it can inflict severe immediate and long-term physical and psychological damage, including infection, later childbearing complications, and post-traumatic stress disorder #EndFGM

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