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Maternal Mortality and FGM

Maternal Mortality and FGM. CGW4U. Stats. One woman dies every two minutes from pregnancy-related causes 99% of all maternal deaths occur in the developing world More than 1 million children a year are left motherless due to maternal mortality

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Maternal Mortality and FGM

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  1. Maternal Mortality and FGM CGW4U

  2. Stats • One woman dies every two minutes from pregnancy-related causes • 99% of all maternal deaths occur in the developing world • More than 1 million children a year are left motherless due to maternal mortality • 135 million girls living today have undergone female genital mutilation, greatly increasing their risk of maternal mortality

  3. Stats • Some of the leading factors leading to maternal deaths are: • Poverty • Distance from medical care • A lack of information • Inadequate medical services • Cultural practices

  4. FGM • Female genital mutilation is defined by the WHO as "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” • It is practiced as a cultural ritual primarily in sub-Saharan and Northeast Africa (to a lesser extent in Asia, the Middle East and within immigrant communities elsewhere)

  5. FGM • Typically carried out, with or without anaesthesia, by a traditional circumciser using a knife or razor • The age of the girls varies from weeks after birth to puberty; in half the countries for which figures were available in 2013, most girls were cut before the age of five • About 140 million girls and women worldwide are currently living with the consequences of FGM

  6. Repercussions • The health effects depend on the procedure but can include: • recurrent infections • chronic pain • cysts • Infertility • complications during childbirth • fatal bleeding

  7. Why? • The practice is an ethnic marker, rooted in gender inequality, ideas about purity, modesty and aesthetics, and attempts to control women's sexuality • It is supported by both women and men in countries that practice it, particularly by the women, who see it as a source of honour and authority, and an essential part of raising a daughter well

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