#EndFGM
"The Sustainable
Development Goals contain a specific target calling for an end to FGM. When
this practice is fully abandoned, positive effects will reverberate across
societies as girls and women reclaim their health, human rights and vast
potential." — UN Secretary-General
Female genital mutilation
(FGM) comprises all procedures that involve altering or injuring the female
genitalia for non-medical reasons and is recognized internationally as a
violation of the human rights of girls and women.
It reflects deep-rooted
inequality between the sexes, and constitutes an extreme form of discrimination
against women and girls. The practice also violates their rights to health,
security and physical integrity, their right to be free from torture and cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment, and their right to life when the procedure
results in death.
Key Facts:
· Globally, it is estimated that at least 200
million girls and women alive today have undergone some form of FGM.
· If current trends continue, 15 million
additional girls between ages 15 and 19 be subjected to it by 2030.
· Girls 14 and younger represent 44 million of
those who have been cut, with the highest prevalence of FGM among this age in
Gambia at 56 per cent, Mauritania 54 per cent and Indonesia where around half
of girls aged 11 and younger have undergone the practice.
· Countries with the highest prevalence among
girls and women aged 15 to 49 are Somalia 98 per cent, Guinea 97 per cent and
Djibouti 93 per cent.
· FGM is mostly carried out on young girls
sometime between infancy and age 15.
· FGM cause severe bleeding and health issues
including cysts, infections, infertility as well as complications in childbirth
increased risk of newborn deaths.
· FGM is a violation of the human rights of girls
and women.
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