Definition of "infibulation" [in•fib•u•la•tion]

• An act of fastening, especially the stitching together of the labia to prevent intercourse (noun)

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• "The second reason is that the people in the region practice an extreme form of female genital cutting, called infibulation, in which a girl's vagina is sewn shut until marriage."
• ""Almost 90% of the female population in the north of Sudan undergo FGM which, in many cases, is practised in its most extreme form known as infibulation" - we are quoting from the Report by the Special Rapporteur Halima Warzazi [Morocco/Sub-Commission]."
• "Female genital mutilation also takes different forms based on tradition, from removal of the clitoris and labia coupled with sewing up of the vagina - a process known as infibulation - to the comparatively less severe but still atrociously painful removal of the tip of the clitoris."