FGM – International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, 6 February
By Neneh Bojang.
There are over 230 million girls and women alive today who are survivors of FGM and need access to appropriate care services.
An estimated 27 million additional girls are at risk of undergoing FGM by 2030 unless action is accelerated.
Every year, over 2 million girls are subjected to female genital mutilation before their fifth birthday.
Daughters of FGM survivors are at significant higher risk to undergo FGM compared to daughters of women who have not undergone FGM.
The financial cost of health care for FGM survivors is USD 1.4 billion every year.
Partnerships and alliances are vital to building social movements to end FGM.
Today, one out of three girls undergo FGM compared to one out of two girls thirty years ago, however, progress needs to be at least 10 times faster to meet the global target of FGM elimination by 2030.
In 2025, more than 4.4 million girls – or about 12,200 each day – are at risk of female genital mutilation around the world.
