Published by:
Orchid Project
Year published:
2024
This Short Report series brings together the latest available data on FGM/C across eight countries* in South and Southeast Asia. In most of the countries, there is no government health or other official survey data documenting FGM/C. These reports rely on academic journal articles, local NGO reports and news media report.
The term ‘female genital cutting’ (FGC), rather than ‘female genital mutilation and cutting’ (FGM/C), is the main term used throughout these Short Reports, as the communities that practise it do not regard the practice to be ‘mutilation’.
* This short report series covers the following countries: Brunei, India, Maldives, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand.