CONTEXT
Many international instruments firmly condemn FGM as a violation of human rights and a form of gender-based violence. Yet, it is still practiced.
This is the context in which the BEFORE project was born:
500,000*
Women and girls
subjected to FGM
in the EU
*EP Resolution 2012/2684(RSP)
180,000*
Women and girls at risk in the EU
*EP Resolution 2012/2684(RSP)
+200 million*
Women and girls have undergone FGM in at least 30 countries
*UNICEF
27
EU countries in which FGM is illegal. Still, it continues to take place
2011
The Istanbul Convention
recognises FGM as a human rights violation, a form of gender-based violence and a major obstacle to the achievement of equality, and
calls on signatories to criminalise it
2012
The UN General Assembly
calls for
FGM to be banned worldwide with Resolution 67/146
4
European Parliament Resolutions (2001, 2012, 2018, 2020) to end FGM
Zero
Harmonised database on FGM prevalence at the EU level