Banning FGM Protects Girls

Female genital mutilation, also known as FGM, has been a customary horror for girls in many cultures and nations around the world, but today the UN Population Chief accurately called the mutilation "child abuse" and "gender based violence."

Having written and published on this subject for years at length at Suffer the Little Children: How the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Has Not Supported Children, and again on the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) at A Brief Assessment of the 25-Year Effect of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, this is welcomed news.  FGM is a horrific practice.  The UN Population Chief gave his statement in the context of the international body's sustainable development policies, but to learn more about that see generally Examining the Associations between Sustainable Development Population Policies and Human Trafficking.

This international action should work to begin to protect girls and their families from this practice.  To learn more go to section 3 of Suffer the Little Children: How the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Has Not Supported Children, and Section II of  A Brief Assessment of the 25-Year Effect of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, where you will clearly see why banning FGM is the best policy for any culture or nation.  Banning FGM protects young girls.


This is a most welcomed step toward family restoration and strength.  Ending FGM around the globe is critical for the protection of girls and women everywhere.