Female genital mutilation

ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia

thumb|A Somali man in a traditional Kofia (hat)|Koofiyad|231x231px The Somalis (, ) (, Wadaad: , Arabic: ) are a Cushitic ethnic group and nation native to the Somali Peninsula. thumb|230px|XIX century map showing the Somali territories prior to the Scramble for Africa as fully integrated with the Adal region The Somali language is the shared mother tongue of ethnic Somalis, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are predominantly Sunni Muslim. Forming one of the largest ethnic groups on the continent, they cover one of the most expansive landmasses by a

ethnic group indigenous to Mali

West African ethnic group

ethnic group in Liberia and Sierra Leone

thumb|Type III illustrates infibulation

annual awareness day of genital mutilation

ethnic group in Sierra Leone

West African ethnic group

ethnic group in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone

ethnic group in Ivory Coast and Liberia

Clitoridectomy or clitorectomy is the surgical removal, reduction, or partial removal of the clitoris. It is rarely used as a therapeutic medical procedure, such as when cancer has developed in or spread to the clitoris. Commonly, non-medical removal of the clitoris is performed during female genital mutilation.

ethnic group in the Sierra Leone

ethnic group of West Africa

excessive surgical repair of perineal birth damage

major ethnic group in Sierra Leone

ethnic group in Sierra Leone

ethnic group in Guinea and Sierra Leone

secret society in West Africa

ethnic group in Sierra Leone

Tostan (meaning "breakthrough" in Wolof) is a US-registered 501(c)(3) international non-governmental organization headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. The organization's mission is "to empower communities to develop and achieve their vision for the future and inspire large-scale movements leading to dignity for all" in several West African countries, including Senegal, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia, Mali, and Mauritania.

Sierra Leonan-American anthropologist

Malian woman who in 1989 fled to France to escape a female genital mutilation (FGM) procedure

American anthropologist

creator god in the religion of the Dogon

A form of female genital mutilation

French surgeon who devised FGM mitigation

village in Thiès Region, Senegal

Canadian anthropologist