Share of girls/women who have heard of FGM and think it should stop worldwide 2020

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Einar H. Dyvik,
Aug 12, 2024
According to a survey from 2020, 54 percent of girls and women who have heard of female genital mutilation (FGM) thinks the practice should stop. Female genital mutilation is internationally recognized as a human rights violation affecting girls and women worldwide. Today, one in three adolescent girls are still undergoing FMG.

Share of girls and women who have heard of female genital mutilation (FGM) and think the practice should stop worldwide up until 2020

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March 2020

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

Age group

15-49 years

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in high-prevalence countries, at least 50 per cent of girls and women have undergone FGM

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