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Research and Reports in Gynecology and Obstetrics | Volume 3
November 14-15, 2019 | Singapore
Obstetrics and Gynecology
4th International Conference on
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a procedure where the
femalegenitalsaredeliberatelycut,injuredorchanged,but
where there's no medical reason for this to be done. It's very
painful and can seriously harm the health of girls and women.
It can also cause long-term problems with sex, childbirth
and mental health. FGM is recognized internationally as a
violation of the human rights of girls and women. UNICEF
estimates that worldwide over 125 million women and girls
have undergone FGM. It is a traditional cultural practice in
29 African countries. Outside Africa, FGM is also practiced in
Yemen, Iraqi Kurdistan and parts of Indonesia and Malaysia.
Far smaller numbers have been recorded in India, Pakistan, Sri
Lanka, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Peru and Colombia.
According to the literature these women due to their
traumatic experience which frequently occurs in childhood,
require a challenging type of care so that to accomplish an
improved childbirth outcome. A greater understanding of
FGM will help health professionals to improve the health
care provided and cease further alienation of the women
involved. Increasing awareness by educating the communities
involved through the Anti-FGM campaigns could help to
challenge themselves against harmful practices. The purpose
of this lecture is to outline the different types of FGM, the
immediate complications, the long term consequences and
the significance of the health professionals’ role while dealing
with excised women and to discuss in detail the systematic
medical approach and the plan of care in pregnancy for
womenwith FGMas well as to increase the awareness among
health professionals and involved communities in the hope
that the message in this lecture will help the international
efforts to abolish this practice or at least diminish it to save
as many women as we can from this fatal tradition and its
harmful consequences.
Speaker Biography
Alia Adwan obtained her MD from Jordan University of Science &
Technology - Jordan (2003), subsequently she did her post graduate
training in O&G at King Abdullah University Hospital - Jordan (2004-2008)
and then she obtained the Jordanian Board in O&G August same year
from the Jordanian Medical council (JMC) Amman / Jordan. She is Full
registered doctor with the General Medical Council (GMC - UK) since 2008.
She is an active member of the Jordanian Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons
(JSLS) since 2010. She pursued further training in Advanced Gynecological
Endoscopic Surgery and Minimal Invasive Breast Surgery and Obtained
her Diploma in October 2014 from PIUS Hospital - Oldenburg/Germany
and in June 2016, she obtained her Fellowship in Advanced Gynecological
Endoscopic Surgery And Minimal Invasive Breast Surgery from the same
hospital, Accredited by The German Board of Medical Doctors. She has
always been an active member of the scientific committees in all the
hospitals she worked at, arranging and contributing in CME programs,
Symposiums and Conferences. She is very keen in spreading the awareness
of different female medical-related issues like breast cancer awareness,
cervical cancer awareness and FGM awareness.
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Alia Adwan
Universal Hospital Al Ain, UAE
Female genital mutilation (The fatal tradition)
Alia Adwan, Res Rep Gynaecol Obstet, Volume:3
DOI: 10.35841/2591-7366-C3-007