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  2. Prevalence of female genital mutilation - Wikipedia

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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. Female genital mutilation laws by country - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. Female genital mutilation - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. File:Female genital mutilation laws by country map.svg

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    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.

  6. Reproductive rights in Latin America - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Infibulation - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  8. Female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone - Wikipedia

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    Female genital mutilation is followed by both short-term and long-term effects. Immediate signs of complications appear within a few hours and can last up to ten days after the procedure. Long-term problems were present more than ten days later and were associated with pregnancy affectations during labor and/or childbirth. [18]

  9. Female genital mutilation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    World prevalence rates of FGM according to the 2020 Global Response report. Grey countries' data are not covered. The current prevalence of FGM in the US is uncertain. In early 2014, Equality Now campaigned with survivor and activist Jaha Dukureh, Representatives Joseph Crowley (D-NY) and Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), and The Guardian to petition the Obama Administration to conduct a new ...

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