Publication: Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation, Third Edition
Date
2019-01
ISSN
Published
2019-01
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
(FGM/C) is a development issue and a form of violence
against women and girls that affects at least 200 million
women in the world FGM/C is a harmful practice proven to
impact the physical and mental health of affected women and
girls from the moment of the cutting, with prolonged and
irreversible consequences during their entire lives. Studies
show that FGM/C has economic and social consequences and a
high obstetric cost although a comprehensive study on the
exact extent of these economic, health and social costs is
still to be carried out. Beyond the data and the statistics,
researcher have shown that FGM/C deprives women of sexual
satisfaction, sexual health and psychophysical wellbeing.
The Compendium of International and National Legal
Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation (the
"Compendium") was prepared to contribute to this
urgent and important development debate with the
understanding that the knowledge of the law is an important
empowerment tool to end FGM/C. It provides a survey of the
key international and regional instruments as well as
domestic legislation as they relate to the prohibition of FGM/C.
Citation
“World Bank. 2019. Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation, Third Edition; Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation, Third Edition. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/31204 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”