FGM is the deliberate cutting or removal of a female's external genitalia.
The most frequently cited reasons for carrying it out are social acceptance, religious beliefs, misconceptions about hygiene, a means of preserving a girl or woman's virginity, making her "marriageable", and enhancing male sexual pleasure.
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The most frequently cited reasons for carrying it out are social acceptance, religious beliefs, misconceptions about hygiene, a means of preserving a girl or woman's virginity, making her "marriageable", and enhancing male sexual pleasure.
FGM: Outrage in The Gambia after one-month-old baby dies
Two women have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the girl's death, police say.

