Female genital cutting
Category
Adolescent Girls, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Violence Against Women and Girls
Publication Subtitle
Breaking the silence, enabling change
Publication year
2000
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This report examines the occurrence of female genital cutting (FGC), common rationales for its practice, and its prevalence. Efforts to eliminate the practice are also explored within the context of an emerging human rights framework. The final section of the document reports on the Promoting Women in Development (PROWID) International Consultation on FGC and makes recommendations on how practitioners, donors and policymakers can best enable communities to abandon the practice of female genital cutting.
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