Every day, around the world, 6,000 new women and girls undergo excision, this female genital mutilation (FGM) which involves the removal of the clitoral hood or the entire clitoris. In some countries, it is even a tradition that is passed on from mother to daughter: for example, in Somalia, 98% of women aged 15 to 49 are affected, when they are 96% in Guinea, 93% in Djibouti and 91%. in Egypt. And in the majority of the countries concerned, most girls are cut before the age of 5. (source: Unicef, 2013).
However, excision (which has been recognized by international institutions as a violation of the human rights of girls and women) has disastrous consequences on health: hemorrhages, gynecological infections (which can sometimes lead to sterility), post-traumatic stress, tears of the perineum during childbirth, sexual insensitivity etc.
Notify the police or go to court
It is to fight against this global scourge that the 28 Too Many association (whose name reminds us that excision is still common in 28 African countries …) has decided to strike hard: a shock campaign, in which we sees flags of Western countries stitched together with wire and stained with blood. A way to denounce the deplorable hygienic conditions in which these mutilations are carried out, but also to remind that excision is not practiced only in Africa.
“Every year, three million women and girls are at risk of FGC in Africa, North America, South America, Australia, Asia, the Middle East and many European countries. Genital mutilation women do not only take place in remote places “, recalls the association on its site, which you can consult by clicking on this link – in English. The activists are also calling on Internet users to join the fight, by warning the police or going to court at the slightest suspicion of FGM.
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