[violence] genital mutilation

UK: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Act

FGM has been a specific criminal offence in the United Kingdom since the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act was passed in 1985.

UK: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Bill will come into effect on 4th March 2004

This new bill replaces the Female Circumcision Act 1985.

Senegal: Villages reject FGM

More than 250 villages from three rural communities in Senegal have pledged to abandon the practice of female genital mutilation and all other forms of discrimination against women.

Egypte: Dans l'enfer de l'excision en Egypte

Deux victimes tentent de lutter contre cette pratique très répandue, bien qu'illégale.

Burkina Faso: Une infirmère burkinabè révoquée pour avoir pratiqué l'excision

Le conseil des ministres du Burkina Faso a révoqué une infirmière de l'hôpital.

لاءات عربية وأفريقية لختان الإناث

Egypt: Putting down the scalpel

A Cairo conference on how to prevent female circumcision concluded that it takes more than a law to stop the physical violation of girls.

Burkina Faso: The Bere Declaration to end Female Genital Cutting (FGC)

5000 people attended the first Public Declaration on FGC abandonment in Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso: Déclaration publique d'abandon de l'excision

Déclaration d'abandon de l'excision par 23 villages burkinabé.

Benin: Enacts law outlawing female genital mutilation

In January, Benin joined the growing list of African countries that have made female circumcision/female genital mutilation (FC/FGM) a crime.