Feminine genital mutilation is a world downside – yearly, more than 2 million girls worldwide experience female genital mutilation, usually earlier than their fifth birthday, and generally inside days of being born.
The observe is most widespread in Africa, the place 144 million women and girls have been cut. Many nations are nonetheless missing national laws prohibiting female genital mutilation.
Mali is a working example, says Traoré, it doesn’t have a nationwide legislation explicitly prohibiting the observe.
“We requested the Authorities of Mali to move a legislation banning the observe. Since then, we have helped politicians to attract up draft laws to ban the observe,” shares Traoré, including that advocates are nonetheless ready for the passage of the legislation.
Within the absence of a legislation prohibiting it, perpetrators of feminine genital mutilation take pleasure in full immunity. What’s extra, as neighbouring nations move laws to ban feminine genital mutilation, Mali has made a fame of being a haven for perpetrators.
“The nations round us, similar to Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea and Niger, have handed legal guidelines banning the observe. However individuals go away their nations to return and excise their kids right here in Mali as a result of we’re mentioned to be [female genital mutilation] professionals,” explains Traoré.
“Some individuals even go away Europe to return and be excised right here.”
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