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Female Genital Mutilation: Tradition Versus Human Rights

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In this issue of the African Journal of Urology most aspects of thepractice known as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) are reviewed indepth by several outstanding authors. Since FGM is ‘genital surgery’without medical indication or benefit, many urologists may only befamiliar with its complications. The editor in chief is to be congratu-lated on the initiative to devote this issue to a practice that is widelycondemned because of the suffering it causes, yet continues to haveits fervent defenders. In this editorial the most prominent aspects ofFGM are summarized.

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Female Genital Mutilation
Tradition
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Female Circumcision
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