Analyzing Female Genital Mutilation Factors in West Africa

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Analyzing Female Genital Mutilation Factors in West Africa

Introduction

Female genital mutilation refers to all the practices encompassing complete or partial removal of the external female genitalia for non-medicinal reasons. Across the globe, more than 200 million females are genitally mutilation, particularly within Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and the Middle East (WHO, 2022). In Africa, 33 countries still practice the act today, all distributed dominantly in West Africa and others in the Northern, Eastern Africa regions. Generally, female genital mutilation has significant devastating and harmful impacts on the victims, and no conscious lady would freely consent to the act. However, the obligation to conform to cultural, social, and religious beliefs has mainly…