trafficking/mutilation/transgender Flashcards
What kind of health problems will a trafficker usually suffer from?
Anaemia, malnutrition, respiratory (TB), STD, addiction, trauma injuries
Define female genital mutilation
procedures involving partial or total removal of external female genitalia or any injury to female organs
Which country has the most women effected by female genital mutilation?
egypt
% of women in Somalia who experience genital mutilation?
98%
Primary vs secondary FGM?
primary before age 14, before marriage or 50% under age of 5. secondary is after children
What is type 1 FGM classification?
partial or total removal of the clitoris and prepuce
What is type 2 FGM classification?
removal of clitoris and labia minora. Sometimes also labia majora
What is type 3 FGM classification?
Narrowing the vaginal orifice by sewing together the labia minora and potentially majora
What is type 4 FGM classification?
All other harmful procedures to the female genetalia like pricking, piercing, incising, scraping, cauterizing
What is haematocolpos?
When menstrual blood cannot get out of the vagina
if a female is under 18 years old and FGM occurs, who must be alerted in what time period?
1 month to report to police
What is infundibulation?
Removal of external female genitalia and the suturing of the vulva
Gender variant?
how a persons gender identity, role or expression differs from cultural norms prescribed for people of a particular sex
What is a gender recognition certificate?
Individuals who demonstrated gender dysphoria and lived in that gender role for 2 years at least and legally identified as a man or woman
in the patient pathway of a trangender patient where are they referred on to initially?
Gender identity clinic
What kind of input is given in a gender identity clinic?
psychologists, SLT, endocrinologists, sexual health, dermatology