“mutilation.” However, it is important to note that in the context of the Malaysian practice, no visible alteration or Furthermore, a pertinent inquiry arises regarding the disfigurement of the female genitalia is evident3 although suitability of applying the term “female genital mutilation” conclusions cannot be made on the impact of FGC on (FGM) to the Malaysian practice of “female circumcision.. [...] In a study of ten adult female cadavers,13 part of the clitoral body is the clitoral prepuce, which is the mean length of the descending clitoral body (clitoral connected to the clitoral hood, the loose end of the clitoral shaft) was 37.0mm (Figure 4). [...] The mean number of clitoral prepuce is formed of three parts: (i) the base, which nerve fibres in these dorsal nerves in adults is 10, 281.14 is connected to the mons pubis and which covers the Compared to the human hand (18, 288 median nerve ascending part of the clitoris, (ii) the prepucial body, which fibres and 16,412 ulnar nerve fibres), the density of nerve covers the descending part of the. [...] The procedure permitted in this context involved the In some interpretations, scholars restricted it to a ‘sniff,’ removal of the skin covering the descending part of the implying only minimal removal of the external skin fold clitoral body, known as the clitoral hood. [...] ARROW, ASIA NETWORK TO END FGM/C, AND MALAYSIAN DOCTORS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN PAGE 17 In the context of FGC, it is essential to promote the Justice autonomy of women and girls by ensuring that they have In the context of healthcare, justice55 necessitates the the freedom to choose whether to undergo the procedure distribution of healthcare resources in a fair, equitable, or not.
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