The Struggle to Stop Female Genital Mutilation
Against The Current vol. 91

http://www.solidarity-us.org//node/1517
Date Written:  2001-03-01
Publisher:  Against The Current
Year Published:  2001
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX12983

In January, 1999 the Senegalese parliament joined several other African nations imposing a ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). At the time of the ban over 700,000 women -- approximately twenty percent of the female population -- were estimated to have undergone some form of FGM in Senegal.

Subject Headings

• Female Genital Mutilation
• Female Sexuality
• Reproductive Health
• Reproductive Issues
• Senegal
• Women
• Women/Developing Countries
• Women's Health
• Women's Health/Developing Countries
• Women's Issues
• Women's Issues/Aboriginal
• Women's Issues/International
• Women's Rights
• Women's Rights/Aboriginal