{"id":34196,"date":"2015-05-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ready-for-feedback3.com\/shape-history\/fmr\/intro-fgm\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T11:11:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T16:11:06","slug":"intro-fgm","status":"publish","type":"fmr_content","link":"https:\/\/www.fmreview.org\/es\/climatechange-disasters\/intro-fgm\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini-feature on FGM and asylum in Europe: Editors\u2019 Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) has become a rallying point for advocacy and legal challenge both within some of the societies where it is practised and elsewhere, particularly in countries where members of those societies have come to live but where the practice is seen as an abuse of girls and women and of their rights.<\/p>\n<p>This FMR mini-feature addresses some of the issues relating to the practice of FGM in respect of asylum. Of necessity \u2013 but also by choice \u2013 we have included some material on the practice of FGM itself. The focus is on asylum in Europe in particular, and this mini-feature has been produced in collaboration with UNHCR\u2019s Bureau for Europe. However, it is obvious \u2013 and right \u2013 that the implications are applicable beyond the borders of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The mini-feature is also available (in English) as a stand-alone pdf at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmreview.org\/climatechange-disasters\/FGM.pdf\">www.fmreview.org\/climatechange-disasters\/FGM.pdf<\/a>; for French, Spanish and Arabic versions, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmreview.org\/climatechange-disasters\">www.fmreview.org\/climatechange-disasters<\/a> and click on the appropriate language tab. We encourage you to use and disseminate it widely.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Female Genital Mutilation (<\/strong><strong>FGM<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong> comprises all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs, carried out for traditional, cultural or religious reasons. In other words, the procedure is for non-medical reasons.<\/p>\n<p>All forms of FGM are considered harmful, although the consequences tend to be more severe the more extensive the procedure. Other factors, such as age and social situation, may also have an impact on the gravity of the consequences. FGM is mostly carried out on girls under the age of 15 years, although it is occasionally also performed on adult and married women. The procedure is often performed with rudimentary tools and without anaesthesia while the girl or woman is held down.<\/p>\n<p>Almost all those who are subjected to FGM experience extreme pain and bleeding. Other health complications include shock, psychological trauma, infections, urine retention, damage to the urethra and anus, and even death. The \u2018medicalisation\u2019 of FGM, whereby the procedure is performed by trained health professionals rather than traditional practitioners, does not necessarily make it less severe.<\/p>\n<p>Taken from UNHCR (May 2009) <em>Guidance Note on Refugee Claims relating to Female Genital Mutilation<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.refworld.org\/docid\/4a0c28492.html\">www.refworld.org\/docid\/4a0c28492.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FGM terminology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Initially the procedure was generally referred to as \u2018female circumcision\u2019 but the expression \u2018female genital mutilation\u2019 (FGM) gained support from the late 1970s in order to establish a clear distinction from male circumcision and to emphasise the gravity and harm of the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>From the late 1990s, the terms \u2018female genital cutting\u2019 (FGC) and \u2018female genital mutilation\/cutting\u2019 (FGM\/C) have also been used, partly due to dissatisfaction with the negative connotations of \u2018mutilation\u2019 for survivors and partly because there is some evidence that the use of the term \u2018mutilation\u2019 may alienate communities that practise FGM and thereby perhaps hinder the process of social change.<\/p>\n<p>Abstracted from World Health Organization (2008) <em>Eliminating Female genital mutilation: An interagency statement<\/em>, p22. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/reproductivehealth\/publications\/fgm\/9789241596442\/en\/\">www.who.int\/reproductivehealth\/publications\/fgm\/9789241596442\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) has become a rallying point for advocacy and legal challenge both within some of the societies where it is practised and elsewhere, particularly in countries where members of those societies have come to live but where the practice is seen as an abuse of girls and women and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":44265,"menu_order":0,"template":"","fmr_themes":[],"fmr_region":[],"fmr_issue":[97],"fmr_year":[],"fmr_content_type":[27],"fmr_languages":[36],"fmr_list_years":[],"class_list":["post-34196","fmr_content","type-fmr_content","status-publish","hentry","fmr_issue-97","fmr_content_type-article","fmr_languages-english","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mini-feature on FGM and asylum in Europe: Editors\u2019 Introduction - Forced Migration Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fmreview.org\/climatechange-disasters\/intro-fgm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mini-feature on FGM and asylum in Europe: Editors\u2019 Introduction - Forced Migration Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) has become a rallying point for advocacy and legal challenge both within some of the societies where it is practised and elsewhere, particularly in countries where members of those societies have come to live but where the practice is seen as an abuse of girls and women and&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fmreview.org\/climatechange-disasters\/intro-fgm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Forced Migration Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-26T16:11:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fmreview.org\/climatechange-disasters\/intro-fgm\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fmreview.org\/climatechange-disasters\/intro-fgm\/\",\"name\":\"Mini-feature on FGM and asylum in Europe: Editors\u2019 Introduction - Forced Migration Review\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fmreview.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-05-06T05:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-26T16:11:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fmreview.org\/climatechange-disasters\/intro-fgm\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es-ES\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.fmreview.org\/climatechange-disasters\/intro-fgm\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fmreview.org\/climatechange-disasters\/intro-fgm\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.fmreview.org\/es\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"FMR 49 &#8211; 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