Female genital mutilation
Scope Notes
Here are entered works on practices that involve surgery of the external female genital organs and that may vary in extent from simple cutting of the clitoral prepuce to total excision of the clitoris and parts of the labia.
Used for
- Circumcision, Female
- Clitoridotomy
- FGC (Female genital cutting)
- FGM (Female genital mutilation)
- Female circumcision
- Female genital cutting
- Female genital modification
- Genital cutting, Female
- Genital mutilation, Female
- Mutilation, Female genital
History
[Heading changed from Female circumcision to Female genital mutilation in July 2023.]
Broader Terms (3)
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