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UNICEF

"Using data from Demographic and Health Surveys and from Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, this new report from UNICEF analyzes trends in FGM between and within countries. 'FGM/C is a violation of a girl's rights to health, well-being and self-determination,' says UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Geeta Rao Gupta in a press release for the report. 'What is clear from this report is that legislation alone is not enough. The challenge now is to let girls and women, boys and men speak out loudly and clearly and announce they want this harmful practice abandoned.' "

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UNICEF

"Using data from Demographic and Health Surveys and from Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, this new report from UNICEF analyzes trends in FGM between and within countries. 'FGM/C is a violation of a girl's rights to health, well-being and self-determination,' says UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Geeta Rao Gupta in a press release for the report. 'What is clear from this report is that legislation alone is not enough. The challenge now is to let girls and women, boys and men speak out loudly and clearly and announce they want this harmful practice abandoned.' "

 

URL to article: https://selectra.co.uk/sites/selectra.co.uk/files/pdf/FGCM_Lo_res.pdf