Female Genital Mutilation It is estimated that more than 130 million women, worldwide, have undergone some type of female genital mutilation. Six thousand young girls go through this operation daily and an additional two million are at risk. Female genital mutilation, also know as, female circumsicion has become a major social and health problem for a number a women from a number of different countries. Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia. There are four types of female genital mutilation. Type I - Circumsicion in which the prepuce or hood of the clitoris is removed. Type