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Map showing the % of women and girls aged 15–49 years (unless otherwise stated) who have undergone FGM/C according to the March 2020 Global Response report [1]. Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting (FGC), female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision, [2] is practiced in 30 countries in western, eastern, and north-eastern Africa, [3] in ...
[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]
While genital mutilation is not a current issue in all Latin American countries, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and Mexico all have histories of female genital mutilation within indigenous groups. [39] The Embera and Nasa people in Colombia are the only groups in Latin America that are confirmed to still continue the practice. [40]
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 ...
"Decision-making in the practice of female genital mutilation or cutting in Sudan: a cross-sectional study". Global Health Research and Policy. 4: 5. doi: 10.1186/s41256-019-0096-0. PMC 6394000. PMID 30859137. Sanderson, Lilian Passmore (1981). Against the Mutilation of Women: The Struggle Against Unnecessary Suffering. London: Ithaca Press.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been outlawed in Gambia since 2015, but the deeply rooted cultural practice remains widespread in the West African nation and the first convictions last year ...
Current law since 1996. In practice, contraceptive sterilizations are performed routinely, with health reasons given as the justification. [1] Kenya Yes [1] Kyrgyzstan Yes [6] Latvia Illegal since 2014 when the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence came into effect Lesotho Yes [1 ...
Indonesia Seeks End to Female Genital Mutilation (26 September 2016). Nurhadi Sucahyo (9 February 2020). "Study: Indonesians Embrace FGM as Religious, Traditional Practice". Voice of America. Retrieved on 5 May 2020. Sudan. Sudan criminalised FGM in April 2020 by amending its Criminal Code. Punishable by a fine and 3 years imprisonment.