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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 ...
The 2013 EIGE report claims that all 28 EU Member States (including Croatia and the UK) had at least general criminal law provisions that could potentially be used to prosecute cases of FGM, and in France they have successfully been, which the 2020 Global Response report acknowledges, although the latter's authors maintain that it is imperative ...
Female genital mutilation in the United Kingdom (9 P) Pages in category "Female genital mutilation by country" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
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 ...
English: Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons".
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 ...
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."
The World Health Organization refers to female infibulation as Type III female genital mutilation. [2] Often called "pharaonic circumcision" (or farooni ) [ 3 ] in countries where it is practiced. It refers to the removal of the inner and outer labia and the suturing of the vulva .