How prevalent is FGM in Kenya?
27% of women aged 15-49 in Kenya have undergone some form of FGM
| Key Indicators | |
|---|---|
| Population size, female, age 15-49 (in thousands), 2017 | 12,638 |
| Prevalence of FGM among women and girls, 15-49 (%) | 21 |
| Prevalence of FGM among girls, 15-19 (%) | 11 |
| FGM prevalence rate in most affected ethnic group in the country (%) | 94 |
What is the legislation for FGM?
Key legislation In England, Northern Ireland and Wales, the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 sets out the law surrounding FGM. In Scotland it is the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005.
Which countries have the highest rates of FGM?
A number of Switzerland’s priority countries and regions in East Africa are affected by this problem. “Somalia, for example, has the highest rate of FGM in the world, with around 98 per cent of women having undergone the procedure,” explains Martine Pochon, regional protection adviser for the Greater Horn of Africa.
How does FGM affect childbirth?
What are the consequences for childbirth? A recent study found that, compared with women who had not been subjected to FGM, those who had undergone FGM faced a significantly greater risk of requiring a Caesarean section, an episiotomy and an extended hospital stay, and also of suffering post-partum haemorrhage.
What are the social implications of FGM?
The evidence base was insufficient to draw conclusions about the psychological and social consequences of FGM/C. The effect estimates show that compared to women without FGM/C women with FGM/C are more likely to experience 1) pain during intercourse, 2) reduced sexual satisfaction, and 3) reduced sexual desire.
When did FGM become illegal?
Two years after she founded FORWARD, the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985 made it an offence in the UK to perform FGM on children or adults. In 1993 a councillor at the London Borough of Brent proposed a motion that FGM should be legalised and made available on the National Health Service.
What’s the penalty for FGM?
It replaced the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985, extending the ban on female genital mutilation to address the practice of taking girls abroad to undergo FGM procedures, and increased the maximum penalty from 5 to 14 years’ imprisonment.
What is the most serious type of FGM?
Type III is the most severe type of FGM, known as infibulation, which involves the narrowing of the vaginal orifice with the creation of a seal that is formed by cutting and then stitching the labia minora and/or the labia majora with or without excision of the clitoris.
Is FGM increasing or decreasing?
Overall, the practice of FGM has been declining over the last three decades. In the 30 countries with nationally representative prevalence data, around 1 in 3 girls aged 15 to 19 today have undergone the practice versus 1 in 2 in the late-1980s.
Which countries practice FGM?
Although estimates of the prevalence of FGM vary, sources have consistently found the practice to be undergone by the majority of women in the Horn of Africa, in the West African countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Mauritania, Mali and Burkina Faso, as well as in Sudan and Egypt.
What are the psychological effects of FGM?
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) can affect a woman’s mental health long after the procedure, into her adult life. Women with FGM/C often show signs of psychological trauma: anxiety, somatization, depression, post-traumatic stress and other mood disorders.