Sudan: Female Genital Mutilation

(asked on 25th October 2016) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the extent of the practice of female genital mutilation in Sudan; what assessment they have made of reports that in some parts of the country the practice is as high as 90 per cent; and whether female genital mutilation in Darfur is increasing.


This question was answered on 3rd November 2016

Sudan has one of the highest rates of female genital cutting (FGC) for women and girls aged between 15 and 49 years old. We are aware, according to figures from the Population Reference Bureau (2010), that in some parts of the country rates reach as high as 89 per cent. In Darfur specifically, the latest official figures we have are provided through the UNICEF Multi-Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2014. It is not possible to say with any certainty whether prevalence of FGC has either increased or decreased over the last two years; the next MICS report is due in 2018. Through the Department for International Development, the UK is providing £12 million over five years to support Sudan’s efforts to end FGC across the country.

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