The Global Health eLearning Center is pleased to offer this course on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). The practice of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) harms the physical, psychological, and reproductive and sexual health of women and is a violation of women’s fundamental human rights. About 100 to 140 million girls and young women have experienced FGM/C, and an additional three million are at risk each year. This course will provide learners with an overview of FGM/C and examples of interventions that have worked – as well as those that have not worked – to encourage the abandonment of the practice.
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This course covers topics such as:
- Defining female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C);
- Describing the different types of FGM/C;
- Understanding the affected population and the reasons for the practice;
- Understanding the global prevalence of FGM/C;
- Understanding the socio-economic factors contributing to the prevalence rates;
- Identifying the immediate and long-term health complications from FGM/C; and
- Identifying human rights legal instruments that can be used in advocacy efforts to eliminate FGM/C practice.
In addition, this course will describe lessons learned from successful country-led initiatives and present case studies about the critical programmatic elements that encourage abandonment of FGM/C.
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