The last prevalence study focused on the situation as of December 31, 2012. It had shown a doubling of prevalence in 5 years with an estimate of 13,112 girls and women already undergone FGM and 4,084 at risk (5).
These past two years, the Belgium had to deal with a migration crisis with an influx of Iraqi and Syrian families and African families from Somalia and Eritrea, countries with a high prevalence of FGM. A new study is needed to update the data that will better target the actions of the services involved in the protection of girls and the support of women already affected by FGM.
MEN SPEAK OUT PROJECT RESEARCH : “Men have a role to play but they don’t play it” : A mixed methods study exploring men’s involvement in Female Genital Mutilation in Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
O’Neill S., Dubourg. D, Florquin S., Bos M., Zewolde S., Richard F.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS – 8 DECEMBER 2016
Conseil de l’Europe, Convention du Conseil de l’Europe sur la prévention et la lutte contre la violence à l’égard des femmes et la violence domestique (Convention d’Istanbul) Mutilations génitales féminines, ?
Homeyard C., Hill V., Maternity Guideline for the Care of Women who have been affected by Female Genital Mutilation, Barking, Havering and Redbrigde University Hospitals (NHS), UK, ?
Homeyard C., Hill V., Maternity Guideline for the Care of Women who have been affected by Female Genital Mutilation, Barking, Havering and Redbrigde University Hospitals (NHS), UK, ?
