Journalists Against Poverty Call for collaboration of regional government in the eradication of Female Genital Mutilation

Regional Coordinator of Journalist Against Poverty, Wale Elekolusi has called for the collaboration of regional government in stamping out the harmful practice of female genital mutilation.

According Mr Elekolusi, decried the fact that despite urgent need to globally eradicate the practice, there are still 4.1 million girls around the world at risk of being subjected to female genital mutilation or cutting.

In 2020, the United Nations flagged off a decade-long resolution to end the practice by 2030 through a #youthendFGM campaign centred around the youth being the vehicle of change.

The regional Coordinator JAP, W able Elekolusi, decried the

 Female Genital Mutilation is the practice or traditional in some cultures, of partially or totally removing the external genitalia of girls and young women for non-medical reasons. It is illegal in many countries. FGM also refers to the partial or complete removal of the external female genitalia. It is typically done between infancy and the age of 15, but adult women may also undergo the procedure.

However, 4 in 5 operations worldwide are still performed by a traditional practitioner, often in unsanitary conditions, with serious health implications.

FGM is most common in the north-eastern, western, and eastern regions of Africa, and some parts of the Middle East and Asia. More than 200 million girls and women alive today are estimated to have experienced FGM in the 30 countries where it is most common.



By Comfort Job with JAP