Traditional Male Circumcision in Nigeria: Difference between revisions
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More than 125 million girls and women alive today have been cut. Close to 20 to 30% of the male population alive today has been cut. | More than 125 million girls and women alive today have been cut. Close to 20 to 30% of the male population alive today has been cut. | ||
Circumcision is mostly carried out on young boys sometime between infancy and age 15. | Circumcision is mostly carried out on young boys sometime between infancy and age 15. | ||
What are the rights of boys and men? Do boys and men have rights to their physical integrity, to their genital autonomy? | What are the rights of boys and men? Do boys and men have rights to their physical integrity, to their [[genital autonomy]]? | ||
[WHO]: Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. | [WHO]: Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. | ||