Building a map of female genital mutilation in Spain

It gathers data on population in Spain from 28 countries where the FGM is practiced. Data comes from three sources: the Interior Ministry, the Yearbook on Migrations 2000 and the Institute of Statistics of Catalonia.

Data Collection

Author(s)

Adriana Kaplan, Marta Merino, María Franch

Year of data collection

2001

Study population

Women from countries where FGM is performed; girls under 15 from countries where FGM is performed

Prevalence data on FGM

Female migrant population originating from countries where FGM is practiced: 9547; from these 5561 living in Andalusia, Canary Islands, Catalonia, Aragon and Madrid are thought to be at risk for FGM (0-15 years old).

Disaggregated data per country of origin

The women concerned are from the following countries: Gambia, Senegal, Nigeria, Mauritania, Ghana, Cameroon, Guinea Bissau, Egypt, Republic of Guinea, Kenya, Congo, Mali, Sierra Leone, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Ethiopia, Congo Brazzaville, Sudan, Burkina-Faso, Benin, Togo, Niger, Somalia, Uganda, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea. The most prominent nationalities are Gambia, Senegal, Nigeria and Mauritania.

Disaggregated data per age

5561 who are 0-15 years old are considered to be at risk (it covers just five regions)

Other disaggregation

Data regarding main nationalities where FGM is performed and girls at risk is provided for the Autonomous Communities of Madrid, Catalonia, Aragon, Canary Islands and Andalusia and in the case of Catalonia data is also broken by province

Limitations of study

Refugees are not included in the database