Female genital mutilation (FGM) is an ancient, traditional non-therapeutic surgical procedure that involves the total or partial removal of the external parts of the female genitalia. This document aimed to define and classify FGM, identifies the prevalence, describes the reasons for carrying out the practice and focuses on the problems associated with this practice with regards to women's health, religious beliefs and the socio-cultural, behavioral and moral. Research and survey reports on global actions taken to reduce or abolish the prevalence of the practice will be evaluated. Introduction Female genital mutilation (also known as female circumcision) is the cutting of the female clitoral hood and removal of the clitoris. Following cutting of the female genital organ, there are many short-term and long-term health risk problems, and even death due to some complicated infections. The reasons for performing female genital mutilation are related to socio-cultural beliefs, attitudes, values ​​and customs, girls' transition to femininity, tradition and cultural heritage, fear of not having access to resources and opportunities as a young woman, to the perception of reducing sexual desire in females; therefore, he will uphold premarital virginity and maintain marital fidelity. Actions have been taken at international, national and regional levels in recent years and have started to bear fruit, but the practice is still taking place in many countries around the world and is widespread in Africa. Continue and motivate further reduction in changing societal attitudes towards female genital mutilation in countries where prevalence has remained stable, so it is... half of the paper... Clinical evidence." Archives of Gynecology & Obstetrics 287.6 (2013): 1137-1149. Academic Search Web. 5 October 2013.6. Rouzi, A. (2013), Facts and controversies about female genital mutilation and Islam, 18, 10-14.7. Female Genital Mutilation: Legal, Cultural, and Medical Issues. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.8 (2013), Female Genital Mutilation: A Statistical Overview and Exploration of the Dynamics of Change York.9. WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA (2011), Female genital mutilation: a joint statement, World Health Organization, pp. 1-5.10 (2012). . International Journal of Women's Health, 4, 45-54.