Campaigners against female circumcision have scored a major victory with
the approval by a key U.N. committee of a resolution calling for a
global ban on female genital mutilation.
The resolution, adopted by consensus on November 26 by the U.N. General
Assembly’s human rights committee, calls the practice harmful and a
serious threat to the psychological, sexual and reproductive health of
women and girls.
It calls on the U.N.’s 193 member states to condemn the widespread practice and launch education campaigns to eliminate it.
With 110 sponsors, the resolution is virtually certain to be approved by
the full General Assembly in the second half of December.
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