“To cut off the sensitive sexual organ of a girl is directly against the honesty of nature, a distortion to her womanhood, and an abuse of her fundamental human right”
Joseph Osuigwe Chidiebere
The Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act states that FGM comprises of all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs, or any harmful procedure to the female genitalia, for non-medical reasons.
KELIN is deeply encouraged by the 2022 Kenya Demographic Health Survey figures which revealed that prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation is at 15 per cent. The report further indicates that the prevalence has declined by more than a half from 1998, which recorded 38 per cent. Notably, FGM prevalence generally increases with age, KDHS shows that 9 per cent of women aged between 15-19 years had been circumcised. This is compared to 23 per cent of women aged 45-49 years who had been circumcised.
Despite an enabling legal environment and progressive realization, Kenya has witnessed Act states that FGM comprises of all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs, or any harmful procedure to the female genitalia, for non-medical reasons. KELIN is deeply encouraged by the 2022 Kenya Demographic Health Survey figures which revealed that prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation is at 15 per cent. The report further indicates that the prevalence has declined by more than a half from 1998, which recorded 38 per cent. Notably, FGM prevalence generally increases with age, KDHS shows that 9 per cent of women aged between 15-19 years had been circumcised. This is compared to 23 per cent of women aged 45-49 years who had been circumcised…
