Module 1
Introduction and FGM Beliefs, traditions, and values
Training course in female genital mutilation 2023
March 22, 2023 - Geneva
Tasks
- Watch the video presentation titled: Overview of FGM and FGM medicalization (Epidemiology). Alternatively go over the slide set.
- Watch the video presentation titled: Female genital mutilation: Beliefs, traditions, and values. Alternatively go over the slide set.
- Watch the video presentation titled: Role of the health sector and health professionals in addressing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and accountability. Alternatively go over the slide set.
- Watch the video presentation titled: World Health Organization (WHO) resources on FGM prevention and care. Alternatively go over the slide set.
- Complete and submit your paperwork assignment. You will find the assignment for this week’s module at this link:
- United Nations Population Fund. Policy brief: Calling for the end of the medicalization of female genital mutilation. New York: UNFPA; 2018 Jun.
- World Health Organization. Eliminating female genital mutilation: An interagency statement, WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNIFEM, OHCHR, UNHCR, UNECA, UNESCO, UNDP, UNAIDS. Geneva: WHO; 2008.
- World Health Organization. Person-centred communication for female genital mutilation prevention: a facilitator’s guide for training health-care providers. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022.
Additional learning resources
- Female genital mutilation fact sheet. World Health Organization; 2022.
- WHO FGM Cost Calculator. World Health Organization; 2020.
- Pallitto CC, Ahmed W. The role of the health sector in contributing to the abandonment of female genital mutilation. Med (N Y). 2021 May 14;2(5):485-489.