Abstract
Female genital is a problem across East Africa with devastating effects on the victims.
According to UNICEF global databases (2011), over 70 million girls and women aged 15–49 years in Africa and in Yemen have undergone FGM/C. Approximately 60 per cent of them live in sub-Saharan Africa, while 40 per cent live in the Middle East and North Africa. More than 90 per cent of women aged 15–49 years have been cut in Djibouti, Egypt, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Somalia. Prevalence of FGM/C among women aged 15–49 years varies widely, from 98 per cent in Somalia to 1 per cent in Cameroon, Uganda and Zambia (http://www.childinfo.org/fgmc_progress.html).
Despite these positive measures, women continued to be the victims and survivors of unrelenting harmful laws, practices and crime. Violence and discrimination affected females across the age spectrum, including young girls.
According to UNICEF global databases (2011), over 70 million girls and women aged 15–49 years in Africa and in Yemen have undergone FGM/C. Approximately 60 per cent of them live in sub-Saharan Africa, while 40 per cent live in the Middle East and North Africa. More than 90 per cent of women aged 15–49 years have been cut in Djibouti, Egypt, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Somalia. Prevalence of FGM/C among women aged 15–49 years varies widely, from 98 per cent in Somalia to 1 per cent in Cameroon, Uganda and Zambia (http://www.childinfo.org/fgmc_progress.html).
Despite these positive measures, women continued to be the victims and survivors of unrelenting harmful laws, practices and crime. Violence and discrimination affected females across the age spectrum, including young girls.
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Session 2
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