Naana Otoo-Oyortey – Executive Director of Forward, talks to IOHR about the nature of FGM, how to safeguard girls and support those who live with its consequences. The number of women and girls who have undergone FGM worldwide has reached 200 million. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) involves the partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.