Project Intact:

Female Genital Mutilation

Megan Joyce, Megan Schnabel, Maria Vega, Alisha
Tahir-Kheli

*Trigger warning/Shocking images*

History
FGM has been a significant practice in various cultures. A total of 99.6 million
females aged 10 and older just in Sub - Saharan Africa alone have undergone the
procedure.

Originally thought to be the product of Islam, but cannot be confirmed because its
used as a coming of age ritual and as preparation for marriage/family rearing, and
is culturally/socially practiced rather than religiously.

Most of the women leaders who practice FGM believe that it is beneficial for
female health and spirit.
Present Issue
FGM is still extremely prevalent in 30 different countries across the world,
including the UK, Indonesia, Yemen, and multiple countries in Sub-Saharan
Africa.

In Guinea, about 96% of women have gone through, or will have FGM done to
them.
Types of FGM
Type 1, 1A, 1B

Type 2, 2A, 2B, 2C

Type 3, 3A, 3B

Type 4
Side effects of FGM
Short term
1. Severe Pain

2. Injury to adjacent tissue of urethra vagina, perineum, and rectum

3. Haemorrhage

4. Shock

5. Acute Urine Retention

6. Fracture or dislocation

7. Infection
Side effects of FGM
Long Term
1. HIV

2. Difficulty in passing urine 10. Calculus formation in Vagina

3. Recurrent Urinary tract infection 11. Fistulae

4. Pelvic infections 12. Dyspareunia

5. Infertility 13. Sexual Dysfunction

6. Keloid scar 14. Problems in Childbirth

7. Abscess
Solution(s)
EDUCATION IS KEY:
Human Rights Violation

Encourage communities to

recognize the health problems that can occur

Educate women to let them know their own rights and

to make sure that the girls in their own communities who

are the most vulnerable will be held safe from having to

do this.
Our Plan!
1. Establish Educational seminars in communities where it is most prevalent, and have
local communities conduct it.

2. Provide psychological and physical recuperation facilities that allow survivors to

come and navigate through past procedures, current pressures to have their own go
through the procedure, and future intentions of the like in the affected communities
with local practitioners.

.Reconstructive surgery for those who want it.

. Safe space to discuss the trauma and support for others who
are going through the same thing.
Bibliography
http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/fgm/overview/en/

World Health Organization (WHO). (2001). Female Genital Mutilation: A Students Manual. Retrieved from

http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/fgm/RHR_01_17/en
http://www.youthforchange.org/latest-posts/2016/4/19/atdej6obz515xkwut96kiv1roqhhwp

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3178473/Woman-carried-female-genital-mutilation-ONE-girls-without-medical-training-Kenyan-vi
llage-reveals-finally-gave-victim-died.html

http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/tags/fgm/

https://www.saddlespace.org/district/svusddigitalcitizenshipprogram/cms_page/view/23321061
Our Website

http://cec-fgm.weebly.com