Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation, Sixth Edition

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 affe...

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Main Author:	World Bank
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Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2022
Subjects:	WOMEN RIGHTS MEDICINE LAW AND GENDER GENDER STUDIES
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spelling	okr-10986-370742022-03-04T05:10:53Z Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation, Sixth Edition World Bank WOMEN RIGHTS MEDICINE LAW AND GENDER GENDER STUDIES 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. 2022-03-03T21:37:58Z 2022-03-03T21:37:58Z 2022-02-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/781181646325136185/Compendium-of-International-and-National-Legal-Frameworks-on-Female-Genital-Mutilation-Sixth-Edition http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37074 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Report Publications & Research World
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description	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.
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title	Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation, Sixth Edition
title_short	Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation, Sixth Edition
title_full	Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation, Sixth Edition
title_fullStr	Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation, Sixth Edition
title_full_unstemmed	Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation, Sixth Edition
title_sort	compendium of international and national legal frameworks on female genital mutilation, sixth edition
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
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Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation, Sixth Edition

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