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    "content": "Oh yes, Suba North. Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo- Mabona (Suba North, ODM): Hon. Speaker, I rise to support this Report by the Committee, the Sessional Paper No. 3 on Female Genital Mutilation. Female Genital Mutilation involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia or rather injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. The practice has no health benefits and for that reason even medicalisation of the practice is not acceptable. It is estimated that more than 200 million girls and women alive today have gone through FGM in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where FGM is concentrated, but there are communities from this region that have gone and practised it in other countries. The WHO has classified it into four types. Type one, which is the partial or total removal of the clitoris. Also the preppies of the clitoris hood or the fold of the skin surrounding the clitoris glands. The second type is the partial or total removal of the clitoris glands and the labia minora, with or without the removal of the labia majora which is the outer part of skin of the vulva. Type three also known as infibulation, involves the narrowing of the vaginal opening through the creation of a covering seal. The seal is sewn by cutting and dispositioning the labia majora or minora sometimes through stitching with or without the removal of the clitoris, clitorial clippings or the vulva glands. The last one which is the real one involves piercing, incising, scrapping and culturalising the genital area. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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