by LP | Jul 14, 2020 | Archives Law & FGM
LAW & FGM The issue of Consent in anti-FGM laws In Africa, many anti-Female Genital Mutilation laws imply that if consent is given by a woman or girl, FGM is not a criminal offence (because she has “chosen” to be cut). (28 Too Many, 2013) On the contrary,...
by LP | Jul 14, 2020 | Archives Law & FGM
LAW & FGM Absence of law: the case of Mali (2019) In Mali, one of the 6 African countries that currently have no law prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation, work is ongoing in order to produce a document for the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African...
by LP | Jul 14, 2020 | Archives Law & FGM
LAW & FGM An efficient law without trials: Iraqi Kurdistan Members questioned the relevance of considering trials and convictions as evidence of the success of a law and as a useful tool to improve the effectiveness of the law. Hannah Wettig, working for...
by LP | Mar 2, 2020 | News EN
« REMOVAL OF SOTHIEUTES » IN SENEGAL – A TYPE IV FGM? This video was produced by Fatou Kébé and GAMS Belgium in October 2019 as part of the CoP FGM discussion on Type IV FGM. It adresses the practice of “removal of sothieutes” (warts), a vaginal cutting practiced in...
by LP | Feb 14, 2020 | Archives Law & FGM
LAW & FGM What is the situation in Burkina Faso? In November 1996, the government passed a law prohibiting and sanctioning the practice of female genital mutilation (article 380 of the Criminal Code). The Constitution of Burkina Faso (adopted in 1991)...
