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Proposal of a Resolution in order to support females and young females, victims of genital mutilation and to reimburse medical care via INAMI

Voorstel van resolutie betreffende hulp aan vrouwen, […] die het slachtoffer zijn geworden van genitale verminking […]/ Proposition de résolution visant à aider les femmes, […] victimes de mutilations génitales […] (Doc. 53 1254/001)

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Country: Belgium
Section:
Female Genital Mutilation
Topics:
Health, Violence
Types of GBV:
Female Genital Mutilation
Start date:
2011
Publication date:
01 January 2011
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. 

This Proposal for a Resolution to the government asks for a better cooperation between federal authorities and the Flemish and French speaking communities concerning the better detection and follow-up of cases of FGM in schools, organize local support in the risk regions Antwerp, Flemish Brabant and Liege, register reconstructive operations, do research on different methods for reconstructive operations, inform and train medical staff, and provide financial support for victims of FGM.

Policy Framework

Issuer

MP Muriel Gerkens

Source

Website Belgian Parliament (Doc. 53 1254/001, replacing Doc. 53 0832/001) http://www.dekamer.be/doc/flwb/pdf/53/1254/53k1254001.pdf#search="verminking"

Metadata

Type:
Policy / Legislation
Language:
Dutch, French
Types of GBV:
Female Genital Mutilation
Keywords:
female genital mutilation
gender-based violence
policy framework