A case of nipple and genital self-mutilation (GSM) is described in a female patient of first episode of schizophrenia and compared with the only three cases reported so far in the literature. The act of nipple and GSM in the case reported here was in response to a psychotic phenomenon to “protect” her family from some outside harm, in the absence of any sexual connotation, religious delusion, p...

Gender based violence (GBV) is a preventable and serious human rights violation whereby an individual harmed on their gender. 1 The can be perpetrated physically, sexually, mentally or financially. This includes domestic violence, rape, feticide/infanticide female genital mutilation. As to expected, victims of GBV often suffer from life-long consequences at times even death.

Despite global and local attempts to end genital mutilation, in their various forms, whether of males or females, the practice has persisted throughout human history in most parts of the world. Various medical, scientific, hygienic, aesthetic, religious, and cultural reasons have been used to justify it. In this symposium on circumcision, against the background of the other articles by Hutson, ...

There are an estimated 130 million victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) worldwide, mostly in Africa, and two million such procedures are performed every year. FGM is associated with many immediate and long-term complications. This study examines a case of an imperforated hymen in a premenarcheal adolescent girl presented with acute retention of urine. Eight months prior, she was treated i...