Statistics on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
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The BBC estimates that FGM affects 100 million women and girls annually. UNICEF estimates that 70 million women and girls aged 15–49 in 27 countries of Africa and the Middle East have undergone the practice (most girls undergo FGM when they are between 7 and 10 years old). The fact that younger women are less likely to have experienced FGM shows that the practice is becoming slowly less common.
The following graph shows the percentages of girls and women aged 15–49 who have experienced FGM in some countries in Africa (source: UNICEF):
I’m currently doing an assignment on the role of social workers and international human rights bodies in combatting FGM. I was looking for the statistics pertaining to the specific types (i.e. TYPE I, II, III, and IV) and wondered if anyone knows where I can find them?
I am currently carrying out an assignment on effects of FGM on the holistic development of the girl child age 12-16 years.Not only am i looking for statistics of FGM but also health,emotional,social and spiritual effects of FGM the development of the girl child
I’m sorry, but that will be quite difficult I think. Try to look on SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/DisplayAbstractSearch.cfm
Here are the four types, and most of the reasons that FGM still continues today. Probably too late for your paper, but hopefully still useful. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/ (<– Article on WHO)
Thanks, that’s useful.