According to recent figures published by the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly 140 million girls and women have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) in the world.

This practice is much more common in Asia, in the Middle East, South America and Africa.

This February 6, 2016, marks the celebration of the day against security and physical integrity and the right to be free from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, the right to life when they have lethal consequences, "says the newspaper.

FGM can be divided into categories, we learn. Clitoridectomy, which is a partial or total removal of the clitoris (small erectile part of the female genitalia).

FGM is the partial or total removal of the clitoris and the labia minora. The infibulation is a narrowing of the vaginal orifice with the creation of a covering seal by cutting and repositioning it inner and sometimes outer lips.

Also, breast ironing is an age-old practice of massaging the breasts of the girl with a very hot temperature stone to slow the growth of her breast.