Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation 2014, para. 7
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Recognizing that female genital mutilations constitute irreparable, irreversible harm that impairs the human rights of women and girls, affecting about 100 million to 140 million women and girls worldwide, and that each year an estimated further 3 million girls are at risk of being subjected to the practice throughout the world,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Harmful Practices
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
2014
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation (2014), A/RES/69/150, PP 7.