ABSTRACT
The number of women world-wide who have undergone female circumcision is thought to be between 100 and 140 million with a further 2 million girls at risk.
The groups at risk are from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and the Yemen. In the UK there are little reliable data. One estimate was that 10 000 girls and young women are at risk and another 3000-4000 new cases occur each year. Many of these young women will be taken abroad for this to carried out. The extent of the procedure varies between excision of the prepuce of the clitoris and full circumcision with removal of the clitoris and labia minora.
