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[3] [4] [5] A March 2020 report by End FGM European Network, U.S. End FGM/C Network and Equality Now found that FGM was practiced in at least 92 countries across all continents, [3] while 51 of them had a law that specifically criminalised FGM. [1]: 11 FGM was illegal in 22 of the 28 most FGM-prevalent countries in Africa in September 2018. [6]
Somalia's attorney general announced on Wednesday the country's first prosecution against female genital mutilation after the death of a 10-year-old girl.
By ALEXIS BENVENISTE Female genital mutilation is a huge problem in Somalia. In fact, UNICEF reported that 95 percent of the country's females between the ages of 4 and 11 undergo the process.
Waris Dirie (Somali: Waris Diiriye; born 21 October 1965) is a Somali model, author, actress and human rights activist in the fight against female genital mutilation . From 1997 to 2003, she was a UN special ambassador against FGM. In 2002 she founded her own organization in Vienna, the Desert Flower Foundation.
Infibulation is the ritual removal of the vulva and its suturing, a practice found mainly in northeastern Africa, particularly in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Sudan. [1] The World Health Organization refers to the procedure as Type III female genital mutilation.
‘Change in patriarchal attitudes often lags behind other societal change – an important first step would be for FGM to be made illegal in the countries where it is within the law,’ report ...
Araweelo was born in Somalia, [2] where she underwent FGM at age 6, without any anesthesia or pain relief. [3] [4] Although her mother was opposed to FGM, she was not in the country at the time, and Araweelo's relatives decided to pursue it. [4] Her seven-year-old cousin underwent FGM on the same day, with Araweelo watching.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) (also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision [a]) is the cutting or removal of some or all of the vulva for non-medical reasons. FGM prevalence varies worldwide, but is majorly present in some countries of Africa, Asia and Middle East, and within their ...