Table 1: Types of grading of female genital self-mutilation (followed WHO,1997).

Type I	Partial or total removal of the clitoris and/or the prepuce (clitoridectomy).
Type Ia	Removal of the clitoral hood or prepuce only.
Type Ib	Removal of the clitoris with the prepuce.
Type II	Partial or total removal of the clitoris and the labia minora, with or without excision of the labia majora (excision).
Type IIa	Removal of the labia minora only.
Type IIb	Partial or total removal of the clitoris and the labia minora.
Type IIc	Partial or total removal of the clitoris, the labia minora and the labia majora.
Type III	Narrowing of the vaginal orifice with creation of a covering seal by cutting and bringing the labia minora and/or the labia majora in apposition, with or without excision of the clitoris (infibulation).
Type IIIa	Removal and apposition of the labia minora.
Type IIIb	Removal and apposition of the labia majora.
Type IV	All other harmful procedures to the female genitalia for non-medical purposes, for example: pricking, piercing, incising, scraping and cauterization.