Female Genital Cutting (FGC)

Female Genital Cutting (FGC) is commonly practiced in about 28 countries predominantly in Africa and Asia.  It can be performed for a variety of reasons including ‘coming of age’ or rite of passage from child to adulthood; it can signal in a physical way the full membership of a girl or young woman in their clan, lineage or ethnic community; it can be used to indicate marriageability within the community. FGC is a multi-generational issue, and must be addressed across generations. Women from these countries are migrating with increasing frequency to Canada, the USA, the UK, Europe and Australia.

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