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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Female genital mutilation. Gishiri cutting; ... Annual recorded statistics of victims of sexual violence per 100,000 population is shown below for ... Female: 0.6---2021
The term nullo is short for genital nullification. [49] Though the procedure is mostly sought by men, female genital mutilation may be referred to as clitoral nullification. [50] In modern-day South Asia, some members of hijra communities reportedly undergo emasculation. It is called nirwaan and seen as a rite of passage. [51]
The Five Foundation is an organisation working towards the elimination of the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM). [1] It was founded by Nimco Ali and Brendan Wynne. [2] [3] It was launched in September 2019 [4] in New York and currently has signed-up partners which include Plan International, Action Aid, The ONE Campaign, Save The Children (UK), UN Women (UK) and Women for Women ...
Emma Batha (7 January 2021). "U.S. toughens ban on 'abhorrent' female genital mutilation". Reuters. Retrieved on 18 February 2021. Massachusetts became the 39th state to ban FGM on 6 August 2020. Aysha Khan (7 August 2020). "As Massachusetts bans female genital cutting, survivors and activists celebrate". Religion News Service.
Carol Bellamy, executive director of the UN's Children's Agency (UNICEF), noted that "Female genital mutilation and cutting is a violation of the basic rights of women and girls," and that "it is a dangerous and irreversible procedure that negatively impacts the general health, childbearing capabilities and educational opportunities of girls and women."