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{{Short description|Ritual removal of the vulva}} {{Violence against women}} '''Infibulation''' is the ritual removal of the [[vulva]] and its suturing, a practice found mainly in [[northeastern Africa]], particularly in [[Djibouti]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Kenya]], [[Somalia]], and [[Sudan]].<ref name=Yoder2008>{{cite journal|last1=Yoder|first1=P. Stanley|last2=Khan|first2=Shane|date=March 2008|title=Numbers of women circumcised in Africa: The Production of a Total|url=http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/WP39/WP39.pdf|publisher=USAID, DHS Working Papers|issue=39|pages=13β14}}</ref> The [[World Health Organization]] refers to the procedure as Type III [[female genital mutilation]]. The term can also refer to the entirely different practice of placing a clasp through the [[foreskin]] in men; for more information see the article [[Fibula (penile)]].
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