GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEBURKINA FASOMEASURESJUSTICE DECISIONS ON FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
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Justice Decisions on Female Genital Mutilation
Type of Measure
Research and statistical data > Administrative data > Justice
Form of Violence
Female genital mutilation
Year
2013
Brief Description
From 2013 to 2016, 91 convictions for acts of FGM were rendered and 1,066 victims of the consequences of excision benefited from reparation, including health and psychosocial care.
Source of Information

Burkina Faso's submission for National Review for Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, Beijing+25, 2019, p.37.

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