What is the role of international law and human rights frameworks in achieving FGM eradication?

Jun 16, 2010 ... The World Health Organization (WHO) defines FGM as all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or injury to the female ... Jul 15, 2024 ... In 2015, the adoption of the Women's (Amendment) Act, which criminalizes and sets out punishments for performing, aiding and abetting the ... Female Genital Cutting (FGC), Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), female circumcison or khatna. Female genital cutting involves the partial or total removal of ... 'Female genital mutilation' – also known as 'FGM' – refers to procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs for non-medical ... The term Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the ... Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the ... Feb 5, 2015 ... FGM/C refers to cutting and other procedures that injure the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. It may be called “female ... Jan 22, 2025 ... What are the physical effects of FGM on girls? · bladder and urinary tract infections · cysts · infertility · greater risk of complications when ... Painful. Irreversible. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a human rights violation that inflicts lifelong suffering on millions of women and girls. It is a ... May 31, 2022 ... At least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), the partial or total removal of the ...