{"id":704,"date":"2014-11-17T09:55:51","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T09:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/?p=704"},"modified":"2021-12-01T14:45:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T14:45:30","slug":"fgm-images-of-female-circumcision-ceremony-show-distressing-reality-of-female-genital-mutilation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/fgm-images-of-female-circumcision-ceremony-show-distressing-reality-of-female-genital-mutilation\/","title":{"rendered":"FGM: Images of female circumcision ceremony show distressing reality of female genital mutilation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"widget storyContent article widget-editable viziwyg-section-1024 inpage-widget-8939454 articleContent\">\n<p>Photos of young Kenyan girls being circumcised in a tribal ceremony highlight the stark reality faced by those who experience <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/health-and-families\/health-news\/what-is-fgm-everything-you-need-to-know-about-female-genital-mutilation-9580935.html?origin=internalSearch\">female genital mutilation<\/a> (FGM).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"widget storyContent article widget-editable viziwyg-section-1024 inpage-widget-6138699 articleContent\">\n<div class=\"body \">\n<p>FGM, a non-medical practice involving the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, can lead to haemorrhaging, psychological damage, complications in childbirth, fistula and even death.<\/p>\n<p>Harrowing images captured by <em>Reuters<\/em> photographer Siegfried Modola show young girls from the Pokot tribe being led out of huts and towards areas where they are then cut with razor blades by traditional circumcisers.<\/p>\n<p>The practice is considered a rite of passage that marks the transition to womanhood and is a requirement for all Pokot girls before they marry.<\/p>\n<p>The visibly distressed girls are seen bleeding and crying after the ritual has been performed.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/africa\/fgm-images-of-circumcision-ceremony-show-distressing-reality-of-female-genital-mutilation-9863029.html#<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fb-root\" class=\" fb_reset\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos of young Kenyan girls being circumcised in a tribal ceremony highlight the stark reality faced by those who experience female genital mutilation (FGM). FGM, a non-medical practice involving the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, can lead to haemorrhaging, psychological damage, complications in childbirth, fistula and even death. Harrowing images captured [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,45,98,4,178],"class_list":["post-704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-circumcision","tag-female-genital-mutilation","tag-fgm","tag-halo-project","tag-kenya"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1828,"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704\/revisions\/1828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haloproject.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}