Survey on Female Genital Mutilation

This study does not include empirical data collection. The study refers to existing specialized literature of WHO, UNICEF, UN and others; to provide an overview of the situation it also refers to the German Penalty Code, the German Residence Act and others

Data Collection

Author(s)

Ute Binder, Franziska Gruber, Katrin Kulik

Study population

Women with FGM; women (girls) at risk of FGM

Prevalence data on FGM

Female migrant population originating from countries where FGM is practiced: 56.238; girls/women of the female migrant population originating from countries where FGM is being practiced that have most probably undergone FGM or are thought to be at risk of FGM: 23.362

Disaggregated data per country of origin

Women and girls with FGM or at risk of FGM in Germany, originating from Egypt: 3057, Ethiopia: 5741, Benin: 168, Burkina Faso: 180, Djibouti: 31, Ivory Coast: 522, Eritrea: 2507, Gambia: 395, Ghana: 3231, Guinea: 249, Guinea-Bissau: 33, Cameroon: 822, Kenya: 1875, DR Congo: 313, Liberia: 279, Mali: 150, Mauretania: 23, Niger: 21, Nigeria: 2395, Senegal: 114, Sierra Leone: 857, Somalia: 3081, Sudan: 846, Tanzania: 48, Togo: 2094, Chad: 26, Uganda: 36, ZAR: 19 (Total 29.113)

Disaggregated data per age

Number of girls originating from countries where FGM is being practiced aged under 15 in total: 10.630, girls aged under 15 and threatened by FGM 4.377, women aged older than 15 in total 45.308, women aged older than 15 and threatened by FGM 18.984

Limitations of study

The Study is limited to existing data on FGM; no collection of new data