It will take place on 6 February and will include a panel of FGM experts who will discuss and look into the issue.
The event will be held at RCOG in Sussex Place, London, from 2-6pm and is free to attend, but places are limited and on a first-come-first-served basis.
With the day approaching, the results of a study reveal that those who have been subjected to FGM are prone to mental disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The research was conducted by Jan Ilhan Kizilhan, who is an expert in psychotraumatology - a type of psychotherapy for people who have suffered extreme trauma.
His study looked at a group of 79 circumcised girls in northern Iraq and found rates of PTSD at around 44%, depression at 34%, anxiety at 46% and other mental disorders at around 37%.
The rates were up to seven times higher than among non-circumcised girls from the same region and were comparable to rates among people who suffered early childhood abuse.
The girls included in the study were between the ages of eight and 14, and it is believed they had suffered from no other traumatic events, beyond FGM.
The results of the research are published in the
European journal of psychiatry.
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