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Female Genital Mutilation in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review

Female genital mutilation (FGM) or circumcision refers to the unnecessary procedure that damages or removes the external genitalia of females. It is mostly practiced in African countries and some Asian regions, particularly the Middle East, and is performed because of cultural, religious, and social...

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Autores principales: Almeer, Hashim H, Almulla, Ali A, Almugahwi, Abdulelah A, Alzaher, Mohamad Z, Alshammasi, Mustafa M, Menezes, Ritesh G
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8649978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34900477
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19300
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author Almeer, Hashim H
Almulla, Ali A
Almugahwi, Abdulelah A
Alzaher, Mohamad Z
Alshammasi, Mustafa M
Menezes, Ritesh G
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Almulla, Ali A
Almugahwi, Abdulelah A
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description Female genital mutilation (FGM) or circumcision refers to the unnecessary procedure that damages or removes the external genitalia of females. It is mostly practiced in African countries and some Asian regions, particularly the Middle East, and is performed because of cultural, religious, and social reasons. FGM can negatively affect the lives of women and lead to devastating consequences, ranging from immediate to long-term complications. These complications can be in the physical, psychological, reproductive, or sexual health domains. In this systematic review, we aim to highlight the prevalence and practice of FGM in Saudi Arabia. We conducted a literature search at PubMed to identify studies related to the practice of FGM reported from Saudi Arabia. The results indicate that FGM can still be found in Saudi Arabia both in Saudi women and non-Saudi residents. Most of the non-Saudi women with FGM were Sudanese, Somali, Eritrean, and Egyptian. FGM is prevalent in regions such as Jeddah and Hali, Al Qunfudhah Governorate, Saudi Arabia. FGM is considered illegal in most countries around the world. However, in Saudi Arabia, there is no clear and specific law against the practice of FGM. More research on the practice of FGM in Saudi Arabia needs to be conducted to get a better grasp of the true nature of the problem in the country, which could potentially lead to specific and clear legislation that would prevent the social evil of FGM in Saudi Arabia.
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spelling pubmed-86499782021-12-10 Female Genital Mutilation in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review Almeer, Hashim H Almulla, Ali A Almugahwi, Abdulelah A Alzaher, Mohamad Z Alshammasi, Mustafa M Menezes, Ritesh G Cureus Obstetrics/Gynecology Female genital mutilation (FGM) or circumcision refers to the unnecessary procedure that damages or removes the external genitalia of females. It is mostly practiced in African countries and some Asian regions, particularly the Middle East, and is performed because of cultural, religious, and social reasons. FGM can negatively affect the lives of women and lead to devastating consequences, ranging from immediate to long-term complications. These complications can be in the physical, psychological, reproductive, or sexual health domains. In this systematic review, we aim to highlight the prevalence and practice of FGM in Saudi Arabia. We conducted a literature search at PubMed to identify studies related to the practice of FGM reported from Saudi Arabia. The results indicate that FGM can still be found in Saudi Arabia both in Saudi women and non-Saudi residents. Most of the non-Saudi women with FGM were Sudanese, Somali, Eritrean, and Egyptian. FGM is prevalent in regions such as Jeddah and Hali, Al Qunfudhah Governorate, Saudi Arabia. FGM is considered illegal in most countries around the world. However, in Saudi Arabia, there is no clear and specific law against the practice of FGM. More research on the practice of FGM in Saudi Arabia needs to be conducted to get a better grasp of the true nature of the problem in the country, which could potentially lead to specific and clear legislation that would prevent the social evil of FGM in Saudi Arabia. Cureus 2021-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8649978/ /pubmed/34900477 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19300 Text en Copyright © 2021, Almeer et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Almugahwi, Abdulelah A
Alzaher, Mohamad Z
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Menezes, Ritesh G
Female Genital Mutilation in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review
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title_short Female Genital Mutilation in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review
title_sort female genital mutilation in saudi arabia: a systematic review
topic Obstetrics/Gynecology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8649978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34900477
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19300
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