Prevalence of FGM/C?

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World map showing prevalence rates of female genital mutilation/cutting, with countries shaded in various shades of red indicating rates over 80% to 1-20%, and countries with no data in beige.

More than 200 million women and girls around the world have undergone FGM/C. Every year, at least 3 million are at risk for the procedure (Abebe et al. 2020).

While FGM/C is illegal at the national level, it continues to be deeply embedded within Ethiopian culture and continues to occur. A study done by Abebe et al. claim that there is consistent support for FGM/C within local communities (Abebe et al. 2020).

50% of the 55 million girls (aged 0–14) who have experienced or are at risk of FGM/C in Africa live in three countries, namely Egypt, Ethiopia and Nigeria (Obiora 2021).

“65% of women in Ethiopia between the ages of 15–49 years old have undergone FGC [4]… The prevalence is highest among the ethnic groups of the Afar (98%) and Somali regions (99%), followed by the Wolaita and Hadiya (92% prevalence for both) [4]……Nearly half (49%) of the women that underwent FGC were cut when they were below the age of five” (Abebe et al. 2020).

Diagram showing four types of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) classifications according to WHO, labeled as FGM type 1, type 2, type 3, and type 4, with descriptions provided.

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