Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation, Fourth 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 affected women and girls from the moment of the cutting,...

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Main Author:	World Bank
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Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	HUMAN RIGHTS POLITICAL RIGHTS CIVIL RIGHTS ECONOMIC RIGHTS LEGAL FRAMEWORK VIIOLENCE FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARATION CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE
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spelling	okr-10986-332812021-05-25T09:32:15Z Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation, Fourth Edition World Bank HUMAN RIGHTS POLITICAL RIGHTS CIVIL RIGHTS ECONOMIC RIGHTS LEGAL FRAMEWORK VIIOLENCE FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARATION CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE 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. 2020-02-05T16:31:32Z 2020-02-05T16:31:32Z 2020-02 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/156881580972545144/Compendium-of-International-and-National-Legal-Frameworks-on-Female-Genital-Mutilation-Fourth-Edition http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33281 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Law and Justice Study
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topic	HUMAN RIGHTS POLITICAL RIGHTS CIVIL RIGHTS ECONOMIC RIGHTS LEGAL FRAMEWORK VIIOLENCE FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARATION CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE
spellingShingle	HUMAN RIGHTS POLITICAL RIGHTS CIVIL RIGHTS ECONOMIC RIGHTS LEGAL FRAMEWORK VIIOLENCE FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARATION CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE World Bank Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation, Fourth Edition
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, Fourth Edition
title_short	Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation, Fourth Edition
title_full	Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation, Fourth Edition
title_fullStr	Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation, Fourth Edition
title_full_unstemmed	Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation, Fourth Edition
title_sort	compendium of international and national legal frameworks on female genital mutilation, fourth edition
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/156881580972545144/Compendium-of-International-and-National-Legal-Frameworks-on-Female-Genital-Mutilation-Fourth-Edition http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33281
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Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation, Fourth Edition

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