
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is prevalent in more than 30 countries.
Percentages of women aged 15-49 who have experienced FGM in ...
Somalia - 98%
Sierra Leone - 90%
Sudan - 87%
Burkina Faso - 76%
Indonesia - 49%
Chad - 44%
Central African Republic - 24%
Yemen - 19%
Iraq - 8%
UNICEF estimates that more than 200 million girls and women worldwide have undergone FGM.
Almost 10,000 girls under 15 who have migrated to the UK have undergone FGM. Approximately 103,000 women aged 15-49 who have migrated to the UK have undergone FGM and are living with its consequences. About 24,000 women over 50 who have migrated to the UK have undergone FGM.
SOURCES
www.futurelearn.com/courses/womens-and-girls-health/2/steps/1498042
www.forwarduk.org.uk/violence-against-women-and-girls/female-genital-mutilation/