(NL Times) The Ministry of Public Health appointed Amsterdam UMC to be the expertise center on helping women after female genital mutilation. Women who have been circumcised can have all kinds of psychological, physical, and sexual complaints. The Amsterdam hospital will study how to best help with these issues in the form of recovery operations, psychological support, and sexological assistance.
Female genital mutilation can take several forms, ranging in severity from “mild” — where the visible part of the clitoris is removed — to severe — where the vagina is narrowed by cutting away and joining the labia minora and labia majora. Common physical complaints after this mutilation include pain, difficulty urinating, bladder infections, and problems with sex, fertility, and childbirth.
