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TargetParliamentary campaign. Stop violence against women: Female genital mutilation
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quote All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights unquote
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
First sentence of Article 1
red cube What is female genital mutilation (FGM)?
arrowDescriptions and definitions of certain harmful traditional practices affecting the health of girls and women

red cube What is the Inter-Parliamentary Union doing?
arrowParliamentary Panels organized by IPU in Burkina Faso in September 2001 and and Marrakech in March 2002, and recommendations for action by national parliaments to eradicate female genital mutilation

red cube Legislation and other national provisions
arrowCountry-specific data on the current state of national legislation dealing directly or indirectly with the issue of female genital mutilation

red cube References
arrowList of recently adopted international treaties and other instruments concerning female genital mutilation, as well as of relevant documents adopted by selected international and regional organizations

red cube Quote-unquote
arrowDirect quotes from international texts on which national policy and legislation pertaining to female genital mutilation may draw

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