Female genital mutilation.

Female genital mutilation

Ritual Female Genital Operation (Female Circumcision)

Combating female genital mutilation

Other forms of female genital mutilation

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General Recommendation 14 dealing with female genital mutilation

This law prohibits all forms of female genital mutilation.

Female genital mutilation, a practice which involves the cutting away of all or part of the external female genital organs, is prevalent mainly on the African continent.

International Conference on Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, Addis Ababa

Combating female genital mutilation is an important aspect of reproductive health.

Female genital mutilation occurred only in border areas of the country.

(b) National awareness campaigns and programmes to combat female genital mutilation

Female genital mutilation is a coming of age ritual in some societies.

No female genital cutting or mutilating surgery involving the vulva is performed.

The National Strategic Plan to Combat Female Genital Mutilation (MASPFE CPTAFE) 2001 2010.

The Operational Plan of Action against Female Genital Mutilation (MASPFE CPTAFE) 2000 2002.

Several national reports from Africa mentioned the continued practice of female genital mutilation.

I knew then that female genital mutilation would end one day in Africa.

Persistence of harmful sociocultural factors (early marriage and pregnancy, female genital mutilation, nutritional taboos).

The Netherlands continues to be active internationally in the fight against female genital mutilation.

Was the Government making an effort to prevent female genital mutilation through awareness raising?

There is no definite information on the existence of female genital mutilation in Pakistan.

African countries are concentrating their efforts on tackling the practice of female genital mutilation.

(c) The work carried out by the Special Ambassador for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation of the United Nations Population Fund and her continuing contribution to the campaign to eliminate female genital mutilation

In 2001 it submitted, for the fourth time, a resolution on combating female genital mutilation.

Palestinian blogger Haitham Sabbah discusses female genital mutilation in Egypt and other African countries this post.

NAIROBI As a child in rural Kenya, I was a secret admirer of female genital mutilation.

So one August, during my school holidays, I decided to learn more about female genital circumcision.

In response to the study, the Government presented its views on female genital mutilation to Parliament.

The Government planned to promulgate legislation banning female genital mutilation, abduction and other harmful traditional practices.

Enactment and effective enforcement of laws that prohibit female genital mutilation and marriage of girl children.

The next report should clearly address the issue of female genital mutilation, if it existed in Gabon.

The issues of female genital mutilation and domestic violence as grounds for asylum are dealt with separately.

Delegates expressed the importance of having a strategy to address gender based violence, including female genital mutilation.

Very few African countries are taking action to address harmful traditional practices other than female genital mutilation.

The extent of female genital mutilation among groups of African origin in the Netherlands is as yet unknown.

Female genital mutilation is a subject that is regularly raised in discussions with countries where it takes place.

Given the scale of the phenomena, the Special Rapporteur focused her attention on female genital mutilation in particular.

Many ceremonies and activities were organized to mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation.

It is important to stop playing with words and to retain the terminology relating to female genital mutilation .

Some countries prefer to describe in detail the types of female genital mutilation constituting a criminal offence. Others have confined themselves to a more general definition, criminalizing violence involving genital mutilation.

These include domestic violence, sexual violence, sexual harassment, sexual abuse of children, trafficking in women, and female genital mutilation.

Some of these practices are female genital mutilation, forced marriage, early marriage and dowry, teenage pregnancy and domestic violence.

It was also mobilization that brought about the adoption, by the Inter African Committee, of 6 February as the International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation and of a joint programme of action for the elimination of female genital mutilation by 2010.