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Action Plan for the Prevention of Circumcision of Girls and Women 2012-2016 (FGM)

Tyttöjen ja naisten ympärileikkauksen estämisen toimintaohjelma 2012-2016 (FGM)

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Country: Finland
Section:
Female Genital Mutilation
Topics:
Health, Violence
Types of GBV:
Female Genital Mutilation
Start date:
2012
Publication date:
01 January 2012
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. 

The purpose of the Action Plan is to set up permanent national and regional structures in order to prevent circumcision of girls and women. The main objectives are to prevent circumcision of girls in Finland and to improve the welfare of circumcised girls and women. The target groups include the decision-makers and professionals who encounter in their work girls and women who have been circumcised or who are at risk of being circumcised. Other target groups are research and educational institutes, NGOs and key persons in the communities where FGM is a part of the cultural tradition.

Budget attached: 49 000 € for 04/-12/2013 (by THL); 91 961 € for 01/2014-06/2015 (25% by THL and 75% by European Refugee Fund)

Policy Framework

Issuer

Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (STM) / National Institute of Health and Welfare (THL)

Source

http://www.stm.fi/julkaisut/nayta/-/_julkaisu/1822114

Metadata

Type:
Policy / Legislation
Language:
Finnish, English, Swedish
Types of GBV:
Female Genital Mutilation
Keywords:
female genital mutilation
policy framework