Harmful traditional practices are forms of violence which have been committed primarily against women and girls in certain communities and societies for so long that they are considered, or presented by perpetrators, as part of accepted cultural practice. female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM).

What are consequences of harmful traditional practices?

Traditional practices harmful to women and children inflict both immediate and long-term mental and physical pain on their victims. These practices expose women to sickness and death from hemorrhage, infection, keloid formation, and consequent obstructed labor.

What is the meaning of harmful practices?

Harmful traditional practices are the customs, beliefs and ways of life which are capable of causing death, fear, stigma, diseases, and other psychological and physical pain or damage to the citizens. In other words, they are practices that could have negative effects to the health and social well being of the people.