๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐๐๐ )?
๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ: ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐จ๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ: ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐
๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐๐๐ ) continues to be a serious human rights violation, affecting millions of girls and women worldwide. It involves procedures that intentionally alter or injure the female genitalia for non-medical reasons, leading to severe short-term and long-term consequences, including complications during childbirth, infections, psychological trauma, and increased risks of newborn mortality (World Health Organization [WHO], 2025).
๐๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐, ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐๐ , ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ. Despite progress in reducing FGM prevalence, the practice persists across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and among immigrant populations in Western Europe, North America, and Australia (United Nations, 2025).
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ, “๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐จ๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ: ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ ,” highlights the urgent need for unified efforts to eliminate this harmful practice. Addressing FGM requires community-driven approaches, investments in survivor-led initiatives, and stronger policies that protect girls and women from gender-based violence (United Nations, 2025).
๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐๐ฏ๐๐ท๐ฎ, we stand firmly in support of this commitment and join the global movement to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). We advocate for evidence-based interventions, continuous raise of awareness about dangers of FGM, and support research that informs policies on gender equality and womenโs rights.
As Manfred Nowak, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture (2008), correctly stated, โ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐๐๐ช๐ง๐, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃโ๐จ ๐ก๐๐๐.โ
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ก๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ, ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ- ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐, ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐น ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐ผ๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฌ.