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- There are significant regional variations of FGM occurrence, the highest prevalence being over 97% in the north-east region – inhabited by Somalis – and the lowest rate in the west at 0.08% (DHS 2008-09). FGM is more common in rural areas and poorer regions, with a direct correlation to education levels.
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It is more common in rural areas (25.9%) than urban (13.8%). [113] By ethnic group, FGM is most prevalent among women in the Somali (93.6%), Samburu (86.0%), Kisii (84.4%), and Maasai (77.9%) ethnic groups.
Oct 6, 2020 · In addition, rural and urban areas have diverged over the last two decades, with FGM declining more rapidly in urban areas. We describe limitations in the availability and quality of data on FGM occurrence and age-at-FGM.
- Kathrin Weny, Romesh Silva, Rachel Snow, Berhanu Legesse, Nafissatou Diop
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0238782
- 2020
- PLoS One. 2020; 15(10): e0238782.
Apr 15, 2024 · For the trend analysis and the inequality assessment, we obtained indicators of FGM prevalence among girls and women aged 15 to 49 years, prevalence by areas of residence (rural, urban) and wealth quintiles covering the period 1990–2020 from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) .
Sep 8, 2024 · In some countries, FGM remains as common today as it was three decades ago. Over 90 per cent of women and girls aged 15 – 49 have undergone some form of genital mutilation in Guinea and Somalia. What is the medicalization of FGM? An alarming trend in some countries is the medicalization of FGM, in which a healthcare provider carries out the ...
Female genital mutilation (FGM) refers to “all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.”[1] FGM is a violation of girls’ and women’s human rights. Around the world, over 230 million girls and women have been cut.
Feb 6, 2019 · Unicef estimates more than 200 million girls and women have suffered FGM in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, but also within migrant communities where FGM is common - in Spain, 18,000...
By residence: women in rural areas are more likely to undergo FGM than women in urban areas in most countries with data. In Egypt, more than 90 percent of women in rural areas have undergone FGM, as opposed to 77 percent of women in urban areas.
