Factors associated with the practice of and intention to perform female genital mutilation on a female child among married women in Abakaliki Nigeria

• Main Authors: Cosmas Kenan Onah (Author), Edmund Ndudi Ossai (Author), Okechukwu Matthew Nwachukwu (Author), Gloria Ekwutosi Nwankwo (Author), Hyacinth Ogbonna Mbam (Author), Benedict Ndubueze Azuogu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), also known as Female Genital Cutting or Female Circumcision is the harmful excision of the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. According to WHO, approximately 200 million girls and women have been genitally mutilated globally. Its recog...