Browsing CMI Open Research Archive by Subject "Female Genital Mutilation"
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Criminalizing Female Genital Mutilation in Sudan: A never ending story?
(CMI Insight 2016:1, Report, 2016-01-01)Women inside and outside of the Sudanese government were deeply concerned about the high prevalence rates of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) after decades of efforts to eradicate the practice. Criminalization of FGM emerged ... -
Improved Understanding of FGM/C Abandonment among Sudanese Families in Khartoum and Kassala States
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2020:02, Working paper, 2020-09-01)Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is widely practiced in Sudan, where the Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (MICS) 2014 in Sudan, showed a prevalence of FGM/C among women and girls ages 15–49 years as 86.6%. ... -
Paper tiger law forbidding FGM in Sudan
(CMI Brief vol. 16 no. 7, Report, 2017-09-01)Female genital mutilation (FGM) is still a common practice in Sudan. Nine out of ten women have been subjected to this practice. In 2009, a proposed ban on FGM in the National Child Act miserably failed to materialize. ... -
Review of the realisation of Norway’s “Strategy for intensifying international efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation for the period 2014–2017”
(CMI Report R 2018:16, Research report, 2019-02-01)This report was commissioned by Norad and the evaluation was realised by Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI). Joar Svanemyr is the main author of the report. Camilla Gianella at CMI and Ragnhild Elise Johansen, external consultant ... -
Weak law forbidding female genital mutilation in Red Sea State, Sudan
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2017:1, Working paper, 2017-05-01)This paper critically investigates the criminalization of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Red Sea, a state with one of the highest prevalence rates of FGM/C in Sudan (where 89% of females have undergone the ...