Infibulation

Infibulation is the ritual removal of the vulva and its suturing, a practice found mainly in northeastern Africa, particularly in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Sudan. The World Health Organization refers to the procedure as Type III female genital mutilation.

The term can also refer to the entirely different practice of placing a clasp through the foreskin in men; for more information see the article Fibula (penile).

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