Female Genital Mutilation: A Visual Reference and Learning Tool for Health Care Professionals

Video Author:Jasmine Abdulcadir

Published on:October 11, 2016

Video training for caregivers in accurate diagnosis of female genital mutilation. See the related article by Abdulcadir et al (November 2016 issue). The authors thank Svetlin Kolev for his help in making the video. Video created by Jasmine Abdulcadir. Used with permission. (Illustration at 00:37 modified from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clitoris_anatomy_labeled-en.svg. Illustrations from 00:56 through 02:26 and 02:35 through 02:49 reprinted from World Health Organization. WHO guidelines on the management of health complications from female genital mutiliation. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2016. Photo of neuroma of the clitoris at 03:07 is reproduced from Abdulcadir J, Pusztaszeri M, Vilarino R, Dubuisson JB, Vlastos AT. Clitoral neuroma after female genital mutilation/cutting: a rare but possible event. J Sex Med. 2012 Apr;9(4):1220-5. Copyright 2012, with permission from Elsevier.)