Meet surgeon who revolutionised FGM reconstructive surgery for survivors Pierre Foldes developed a surgical technique that has changed thousands of women's lives. Gender 1 hour ago
In the book Undoing FGM: Pierre Foldes, The Surgeon Who Restores the Clitoris, he calls it “excision” instead of “female circumcision,” to make clear that it is a cutting away of female genitals.
What you need to know: French surgeon Pierre Foldes transformed the treatment of female genital mutilation by pioneering reconstructive surgery that restores anatomy and relieves chronic pain.
Pierre then travelled to Bobo-Dioulasso and Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, where he found a link between fistula and excision.
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