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Motion 1.00098 presented by Bolognesi Marida (Democratici di Sinistra-l'Ulivo) on the 07.12.2002

Mozione 1.00098 presentata da Bolognesi Marida (Democratici di Sinistra-l'Ulivo) in data 07.12.2002

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Šalis: Italy
Section:
Female Genital Mutilation
Temos:
Health, Violence
Types of GBV:
Female Genital Mutilation
Pradžios data:
2002
Publication date:
01 Sausis 2002
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 motion introduces the issue by way of mentioning international figures on FGM and their being on of the forms of violence against women, which States committed to fight by signing the Beijing Platform in 1995. It mentions the fact that in the USA and Canada FGM have been declared illegal and that in the USA a woman from Ghana has been recognized the right to asylum as being at risk of FGM. Prevention, education and training, raising awareness, monitoring measures are recommended as well as the introduction of the right to asylum to women and their daughters coming from countries were FGM are not banned.

Policy Framework

Issuer

MP, the Chamber of Deputies

Source

The National Parliament, Chamber of Deputies, http://storia.camera.it/faccette/indirizzo-e-controllo/*:*|contents:mutilazioni%20genitali%20femminili#nav

Metadata

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