What is Female Genital Mutilation and how does it affect sexual empowerment? Sexual empowerment is a basic human right that all women should enjoy. It is an important factor in general well-being, confidence, and self-worth. However, feeling sexually empowered can be difficult for victims of female genital mutilation (FGM). Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), also known as female circumcision or female genital cutting, is the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia for non-medical reasons (this simply means that …
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