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The International Network to Analyze, Communicate and Transform the Campaign against FGM/C (INTACT), is an international group of researchers, scholars, and activists committed to bringing scientific evidence to bear on the campaign to end FGM/C. INTACT serves as a forum for FGM/C debate and helps bridge gaps in knowledge and information relevant to FGM/C on the local and the international levels. INTACT helps communicate lessons learned, disseminate research, and promotes the utilization of research findings to assist in the campaign against FGM/C.
INTACT is managed by the Population Council.
FGM This Month
06/02/2013 International Day of Zero Tolerance...
UNFPA and UNICEF joint press release Fewer girls threatened by Female Genital Mutilation UNFPA and UNICEF call for accelerated efforts as the practice begins to decline UNITED NATIONS, New York, 6 February 2013 – Fewer girls are subjected to the life-threatening practice of Female Genital Mutil...
20/12/2012 UN General Assembly Resolution on t...
The UN General Assembly has adopted the resolution on the elimination of female genital mutilations. The resolution is about the Advancement of Women and dated December 5, 2012. More info on what was adopted: http://www.un.org/ga/search/ http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A%2F67%2F45...
Facts on FGM
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FGM is practiced in at least 28 countries in Africa and a few others in Asia and the Middle East. |
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An estimated three million girls are at risk for cutting each year on the African continent alone. |
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FGM is generally performed on girls between ages of 4 and 12, although it is practiced in some cultures as early as few days after birth or as late as just prior to marriage. |
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FGM refers to a variety of operations involving partial or total removal of female external genitalia. |
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FGM poses serious physical and mental health risks for women and young girls. |
(Source: C. Feldman-Jacobs and D. Clifton, Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting: Data and Trends- Update 2010, Washington,DC: Population Reference Bureau)
