Female Genital Mutilation

Eradicating famale genital mutilation for better reproductive health

Thursday, December 14, 2017

Mrs Zainab Shola in her late twenties, will strike you as a happily married woman at first meeting. As a teenager in secondary, she discovered that the flow of her monthly periods was not consistent and she usually felt itchy and uncomfortable. Medical examinations showed that the scar she had as a result of the circumcision she had as a child.

 

 

Shola later discovered that she was unable to engage in sexual intercourse because of the scar and no penis could penetrate her vagina which made her scared of getting into any relationship.

Toyin Saraki: I have seen with my eyes harm caused by female genital cutting

Sunday, February 12, 2017

I have seen with my eyes the harm caused by this archaic   practice. Women who have undergone the procedure commonly experience complications during birth, and are at a greater risk of ceasarian section, hemorrhage, obstetric lacerations and prolonged labour”.

Eliminating female circumcision for improved sexual, reproductive health

Friday, October 14, 2016

Ibidun Gbolahan at first meeting will strike you as a happily married woman and so with Voke Omoregie.

 

Gbolahan is in her mid-twenties and works in one of the new generation banks on the Lagos Island.

 

As a teenager in secondary, she discovered that the flow of her monthly periods was not consistent and inside of her, she usually felt itchy and uncomfortable.

 

Medical examinations showed that the scar she had as a result of female genital circumcision that was performed on her as a child was responsible for the condition.