Ending female genital mutilation 2008, para. 8

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Recognizing also that female genital mutilation is an irreparable, irreversible abuse that affects one hundred to one hundred and forty million women and girls alive today, and that each year a further three million girls are at risk of undergoing the procedure,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Harmful Practices
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2008
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PP
Reference
CSW resolution, Ending female genital mutilation (2008), PP 8.
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PP
Paragraph number
8