GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEINDONESIAMEASURESMINISTER OF HEALTH REGULATION NO. 6/2014 ON FGM
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Minister of Health Regulation No. 6/2014 on FGM
Type of Measure
Laws > Violence against women > Regulations
Form of Violence
Female genital mutilation
Year
2014
Brief Description
The Government of Indonesia have revoked Minister of Health Regulation No. 1636/2010 concerning Female Circumcision by publishing Minister of Health Regulation No. 6/2014. The most recent regulation forbids all medical practitioner to do a female circumcision procedure. The Ministry of Health regularly organized a dissemination program through Minister of Health Regulation No. 6/2014 on each stakeholder in 34 provinces, and professional organization on October 2016 and 2018. The Ministry of Health also conducted a seminar about Minister of Health Regulation No. 6/2014 in IBI (Ikatan Bidan Indonesia) National Meeting in Batam and Jakarta.
Source of Information

Indonesia's submission for National Review for Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, Beijing+25, 2019, p.42

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