<p>There are several cultures that have traditions of body alteration and modification. The initiation ritual of girls, known as &ldquo;female circumcision&rdquo; (hereinafter referred to as FC) has also been termed as &ldquo;female genital cutting&rdquo; (FGC) and &ldquo;female genital mutilation&rdquo; (FGM) (Miyachi in Nilo-Ethiop Stud. 19:1&ndash;15, 2014, p. 13) (Several terms have been used to refer describe this practice, as e.g., FC, FGC, FGM from different depending on perspectives. In this paper, basically I use the neutral term, FGC, except on some occasions I use both FGM and FC.). It is a controversial practice and generally considered harmful to women&rsquo;s rights and their right to reproductive health (Boddy in HAU: J Ethnographic Theory 6(2):41&ndash;69, 2016). Since the 1970s, many trials for the eradication of FGM have been conducted in African countries by national and global organisations.</p>
