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Present and future of female genital mutilation / cutting in Europe Mutilations génitales féminines / excision en Europe : état des lieux et perspectives
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Ortensi, Livia Elisa |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a harmful traditional practice that includes all procedures that intentionally alter the female genital organs for nonmedical reasons. It is internationally recognized as a violation of the human rights of children and women, and is considered as a form of gender-based violence and one of the many manifestations of gender inequality (EIGE 2013). The practice of FGM/C is highly concentrated across a vast geographical area of Africa that goes from the Atlantic coast to the Horn of Africa, in areas of the Middle East such as Iraq and Yemen and some countries in Asia like Indonesia. The most recent global estimate of the phenomenon based on evidence from large-scale representative surveys carried out in 30 countries hypothesizes that at least 200 million girls and women living in practicing countries have been subjected to FGM/C (UNICEF 2016). |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.niussp.org/article/present-and-future-of-female-genital-mutilation/?print=pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
