… Momoh (2005, 5) states that female genital mutilation is one of the old practices that is found
… Momoh (2005, 1) continues that in societies that practice female genital mutilation different …

… female genital cutting and female circumcision means the removal of partial or the total removal
of the external female genitalia… In 2005, UNICEF revealed that, “the large majority of girls …

… Female genital mutilation is an ancient practice, dating back 2,000 years.[4] There is the …
However, as African scholar Comfort Momoh points out, "FGM has existed in one form or …

… the terms female genital mutilation and female circumcision. The … the issue of female
circumcision/female genital mutilation in … (Momoh 2005) It is very difficult to date the first operation …

INTRODUCTION: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has significant negative physical
complications on girls and women and its persistence is linked to lack of education, poverty and …

… in many countries, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM/C) is considered a criminal offence
because it violates human rights, compromises the health of women and puts girls at risk of life-…

… these women can’t forget is called female genital cutting. Each one suffered from having some
portion of her private, reproductive … the vagina and making intercourse more comfortable. …

… teachers," said Dr Comfort Momoh MBE (Specialist Midwife … external female genitalia, or
other injury to the female genital … day participants and Dr Momoh's presentation was followed …

… Female genital mutilation (FGM) has existed for over two thousand … female genitalia (Momoh
Citation2005). A major human rights and health problem, affecting up to 140 million women …

… the term Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), to point at the mutilating nature of the procedure
and violation of human rights. This term was also adopted at the third conference of the Inter …