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As of 25 July 2020, genital mutilation of female persons under age 18 is punishable in the Netherlands, including when committed abroad by Dutch citizens, foreigners who later obtain Dutch citizenship or foreigners with a regular place of residence or stay in the Netherlands, as a form of (aggravated) assault (potentially premeditated) under ...
"As Massachusetts bans female genital cutting, survivors and activists celebrate". Religion News Service. Retrieved on 18 February 2021. Author: Nederlandse Leeuw: Other versions: United States map: File:Female genital mutilation laws by U.S. state map.svg
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 ...
This map shows the % of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone FGM/C. Data source: UNICEF (2013), United Nations Children’s Fund, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting - A statistical overview and exploration of the dynamics of change, New York.
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 ...
Pages in category "Female genital mutilation by country" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Female genital mutilation by country (1 C, 11 P) ... Violence against women in South Africa (31 P) Violence against women in South Korea (2 C, 13 P)
There are laws regarding the banning of FGM both in the United States and in other nations. In the United States, "the federal law addressing FGM in the U.S. is 18 U.S. Code § 116 'Female Genital Mutilation.' The law makes it illegal to perform FGM in the U.S. or knowingly transport a girl out of the U.S. for purpose of inflicting FGM."