KENYA | AFRICA
Situation Analysis: Efforts to Abandon Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Type of Measure
Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence
Female genital mutilation
Year
2007
Brief Description
In its Situation Analysis, the Kenyan Department of Gender and Social Services found that FGM is still practiced in Kenya and that overall, 32% of women were reported to have undergone FGM in 2003, which presents a slight reduction compared to 38% in 1998. The study also found that girls are now being subjected to FGM at earlier ages (7-12) than in the past (12-15) and that increasingly, FGM is being conducted under medicalization unlike in the past when it was conducted solely by traditional practitioners.
Source of Information
CEDAW/C/KEN/7, par. 48
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