Unicef launches its new data-driven publication Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A statistical overview and exploration of the dynamic of change.
This report was produced at UNICEF headquarters by the Statistics and Monitoring Section, Division of Policy and Strategy, with contributions from the Child Protection Section, Programme Division.
Over the last two decades, reliable data on FGM/C have been generated through two major sources: the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), supported by UNICEF. The new UNICEF report reviews all available DHS and MICS data and presents the most comprehensive compilation to date of statistics and analyses on FGM/C. It covers all 29 countries in Africa and the Middle East where FGM/C is concentrated and includes, for the first time, statistics from countries where representative survey data were lacking.
The report highlights trends across countries, and it examines differentials in prevalence according to social, economic, demographic and other variables. The findings add crucial evidence that sheds further light on how abandonment of harmful social norms can be accelerated.
Download the full report.
Download the Executive Summary of the report: English, French, Spanish, Arabic
For any questions on the report please contact Claudia Cappa, ccappa@unicef.org, in the Statistics and Monitoring Section.