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END FGM EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN
The End FGM Campaign is a three-year Europe-wide Campaign led by Amnesty International Ireland. It is running in partnership with non-governmental organisations that work directly with national governments in EU member states.
The Campaign is committed to ensuring that the European Union adopts a definitive strategy to end female genital mutilation and provide protection to women and girls who flee their countries for fear of being mutilated.
It will also work with other European institutions such as the Council of Europe.
End
FGM European Campaign works throughout the European Union to ensure that the EU
protects the rights of women and girls who are subjected to, or are at risk of,
female genital mutilation.
Three million girls and women are subjected to female genital mutilation worldwide each year. That's 8000 girls per day.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a form of violence against women and children that can amount to torture.
The practice violates:
Female genital mutilation has been documented in certain parts of Africa, Asia and Middle East, and it is now being encountered in Europe as well. Most often, girls and women are taken to their countries of origin during school holidays to be mutilated.
The European Parliament estimates 500,000 girls and women living in Europe are suffering with the lifelong consequences of female genital mutilation.
FGM constitutes a persecution qualifying for being granted refugee status according to the international human rights standards as well as European law. However, because of lack of uniform implementation among all member states of the European Union (EU), women and girls are put at risk of being returned to countries where they could be subjected to FGM.
End FGM European Campaign is run by Amnesty International Ireland, in partnership with non-governmental organisations across the European Union. The campaign aims to ensure that the EU delivers a coherent strategy to prevent young girls and women in Europe from being mutilated and protect those who flee their countries for fear of being mutilated.
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