The policy brief evaluates to what extent the UN Member States and their cross-country contexts partners have been able to prevent and respond to female genital mutilation through an implemented comprehensive and multisectoral approach. The influence of C

The UNFPA has estimated that two million cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) will take place during the COVID-19 pandemic that otherwise would have been avoided.  Realizing the limited research on FGM in the COVID-19 crisis, this brief was developed

Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), comprises all procedures that involve the partial or total removal of the female external genitalia and/or injury to the female genital organs for cultural or any other non-therapeutic reasons. FGM/C, which is li