Eliminating female genital mutilation: an interagency statement - OHCHR, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNECA, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNIFEM, WHO

Authors: World Health Organization, Department of Reproductive Health and Research
Number of pages: 48
Publication date: 2008
Languages: Arabic, English, French and Portuguese
ISBN: 978 92 4 159644 2

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This Statement is a call to all States, international and national organizations, civil society and communities to uphold the rights of girls and women. It also calls on those bodies and communities to develop, strengthen, and support specific and concrete actions directed towards ending female genital mutilation.