print email comment close World Health Organization: Female Genital Mutilation URL: http://www.who.int/topics/female_genital_mutilation/en/ Description: Material about female genital mutilation (FGM), "often referred to as 'female circumcision', [which] comprises all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs whether for cultural, religious or other non-therapeutic reasons." Includes a fact sheet, reports, and other publications. From the World Health Organization (WHO). Publisher: World Health Organization (WHO) LII Database Information: Record 22890 created by Jennifer English on 11/13/2006 Last modification on 11/13/2006 Published: 11/15/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22890