A Policy Brief on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

This policy brief provides the vision and rationale for Islamic Relief to campaign for an end to FGM/C and guides intervention efforts to eradicate it. It calls for the realisation of the fundamental and God-given right of girls and women to live healthy, fulfilled lives free from violence and harm.

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) currently affects 130 million females, mostly within Africa, and a further two million are at risk of being cut every year. It is a harmful practice, one that varies in its severity and is usually driven by a complex mixture of culture, tradition, religion and social pressure.

Office
https://www.islamic-relief.org/

Citation
Islamic Relief Worldwide (2018) One Cut Too Many, Islamic Relief Worldwide, Birmingham, UK.

BY

Islamic Relief Worldwide

Type

Policy Paper

OFFICE

Islamic Relief Worldwide

LANGUAGE

English

YEAR

2018

KEYWORDS

Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, GBV, Gender Based Violence, Gender Justice