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Circumcision of girls and women - human rights violations in developing and industrialised countries

Beschneidung von Mädchen und Frauen - Menschenrechtsverletzungen in Entwicklungsländern und Industrieländern (Answer to Parliamentary Question)

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Country: Germany
Section:
Female Genital Mutilation
Topics:
Health, Violence
Types of GBV:
Female Genital Mutilation
Start date:
1997
Publication date:
01 January 1997
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 Federal Parliament recognizes that are no comprehensive national data on the occurrence and spread of FGM. Germany's government has after inquiries no findings about how many women are there with FGM in Germany. Even institutions could not provide exact numbers. Improvement of the human rights situation in cooperating countries is an essential objective of the development cooperation of the German government. In case of a threat of FGM in Germany, the authorities are switched to prevent it or it will be prosecuted. German's Medical Council, professional associations and medical societies do a lot of PR. Punishable under § 223 ff of the Criminal Code.

Policy Framework

Issuer

German Bundestag

Source

Website of the German Bundestag (www.bundestag.de) (13/8281) http://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/13/082/1308281.pdf

Metadata

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