Ending violence against women and girls : selected factors leading to the transmission of female genital mutilation across generations - quantitative analysis for six African countries (English)

The attention given to the issue of female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) as a harmful practice has been growing in recent years. Yet, while ending female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C, both terminologies are used in the literature) is a target under the Sustainable Development Goals, the practice remains common. FGM/C is practiced not only in Africa, which is the region on which this note focuses, but also in other regions of the world...

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Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa;

Wodon,Quentin T.;
Document Date
2018/02/01
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Working Paper
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123132
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2018/02/02
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Disclosed
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Ending violence against women and girls : selected factors leading to the transmission of female genital mutilation across generations - quantitative analysis for six African countries
Keywords
violence against woman

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Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa; Wodon,Quentin T..

Ending violence against women and girls : selected factors leading to the transmission of female genital mutilation across generations - quantitative analysis for six African countries (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/380201517582297269

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