text: Female genital cutting (FGC), also known as female genital mutilation (FGM), female circumcision, or female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), is defined by the World Health Organisation as "all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons" The term is exclusively used to describe traditional or religious procedures on a minor, which requires the parents' consent because of the age of the girl.