Eliminating female genital mutilation : an interagency statement / OHCHR, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNECA, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCHR, UNICEF, UNIFEM, WHO. - Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, 2008. - 40 p. : color map ; 30 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

An interagency statement by 10 UN bodies highlighting the global status, impact, and necessary policy and community actions to eliminate female genital mutilation (FGM). Discusses human rights, health consequences, and socio-cultural drivers of the practice.

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Female genital mutilation.
Circumcision, Female.
Clitoridectomy.
Clitoris--Surgery.
Infibulation.
Infibulation--Cross-cultural studies.
Women's rights.
Women--Social conditions.
Femmes--Conditions sociales.
Femmes--Droits.

RG136 / E45 2008.

362.83 / EIF