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A study of Female genital mutilation in Austria: the performance of FGM in female migrants in Austria

Studie zu Weiblicher Genitalverstümmelung in Österreich: Die Anwendung der Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) bei Migrantinnen in Österreich

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Country: Austria
Section:
Female Genital Mutilation
Topics:
Health, Violence
Types of GBV:
Female Genital Mutilation
Start date:
2000
Publication date:
01 January 2000
The information was last updated in 2013 and may not accurately represent the present situation. It makes a reference to the United Kingdom as a member of the European Union and was published before the UK's withdrawal from the European Union on the 31 January 2020. 

Qualitative and descriptive cross-sectional study; the study is based on an anonymous questionnaire with closed and open questions.

Data Collection

Author(s)

Afrikanische Frauenorganisation

Year of data collection

2000

Study population

250 African migrants (130 female and 120 male) from Burkina, Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Mali, Faso, Senegal, Ghana and Sierra Leone.

Prevalence data on FGM

35% (n=252) of girls are subjected to FGM. 63% of parents had daughters with FGM, which was performed when their daughters were less than one year old. 88.5% of FGM took place in Africa, the rest in Europe, including Austria. 76% of the studied group was against the total abolition of FGM.

Source

Afrikanische Frauenorganisation in Wien, AAI, http://www.stopfgm.net/dox/FGM-Studie%202000.pdf

Metadata

Type:
Database
Language:
German
Types of GBV:
Female Genital Mutilation
Keywords:
female genital mutilation
gender-based violence
data collection