Compendium on International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation

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 cutt...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Report
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION HUMAN RIGHTS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN LEGAL FRAMEWORK REGIONAL AGREEMENTS CONSENSUS DOCUMENTS NATIONAL LAWS U.S. STATE LAWS
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29293

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spelling	okr-10986-292932021-05-25T09:10:57Z Compendium on International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation World Bank Group FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION HUMAN RIGHTS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN LEGAL FRAMEWORK REGIONAL AGREEMENTS CONSENSUS DOCUMENTS NATIONAL LAWS U.S. STATE LAWS 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. The Compendium on 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. 2018-01-31T21:37:13Z 2018-01-31T21:37:13Z 2018-02-01 Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29293 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Law and Justice Study Economic & Sector Work
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topic	FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION HUMAN RIGHTS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN LEGAL FRAMEWORK REGIONAL AGREEMENTS CONSENSUS DOCUMENTS NATIONAL LAWS U.S. STATE LAWS
spellingShingle	FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION HUMAN RIGHTS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN LEGAL FRAMEWORK REGIONAL AGREEMENTS CONSENSUS DOCUMENTS NATIONAL LAWS U.S. STATE LAWS World Bank Group Compendium on International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation
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. The Compendium on 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.
format	Report
author	World Bank Group
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title	Compendium on International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation
title_short	Compendium on International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation
title_full	Compendium on International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation
title_fullStr	Compendium on International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation
title_full_unstemmed	Compendium on International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation
title_sort	compendium on international and national legal frameworks on female genital mutilation
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29293
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Compendium on International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation

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