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Female Genital Mutilation Dashboard (FGM) - Burkina Faso

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In Burkina Faso, 76 per cent of women and girls, aged 15-49, have undergone some form of FGM

27% of women aged 15-49 in Burkina Faso have undergone some form of FGM

Created with Highcharts 4.0.3Less than 50%50 - 64%65 - 79%80% and more

27% of women aged 15-49 in Burkina Faso have undergone some form of FGM

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Key Indicators Data sources
Population size, female, age 15-49 (in thousands), 2017 GLOBAL Revision of the World Population Prospects 2017
Prevalence of FGM among women and girls, 15-49 (%) DHS 2010
Prevalence of FGM among girls, 15-19 (%) DHS 2010
FGM prevalence rate in most affected ethnic group in the country (%) DHS 2010
Existence of policies and laws banning FGM Global FGM programme data 2014

Trends

 Prevalence of FGM has increased by 5 per cent between 2006 and 2010; FGM is less common among girls aged 15-19 than women aged 45-49

Prevalence of FGM has decreased by 9% between 2008 and 2011; FGM is less common among girls 15-19 than women 45-49

Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2006DHS 2010Burkina Faso15-1945-49SenoufoFulfulde/peulLobiBissaMossiOtherDioulaDagaraBoboGourmantcheGourounsiTouareg/bella0100255075
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Inequalities

 Human rights violations affect women and girls differently. Girls who are the least educated and living in rural areas are at the greatest risk of FGM

Human rights violations affect females differently. Girls who are the least educated are at the greatest risk of FGM

Residence
Education Level
Wealth Quintile
Women and girls who have undergone FGM, by sociodemographic characteristic
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2006DHS 2010UrbanRural0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2006DHS 2010Richest 20%FourthMiddleSecondPoorest 20%0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2006DHS 2010Secondary or higherPrimaryNo education0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2006DHS 2010Richest 20%FourthMiddleSecondPoorest 20%Secondary or higherPrimaryNo educationUrbanRural0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%ResidenceEducation LevelWealth quintile
Women and girls who have undergone FGM, by sociodemographic characteristic
Attitudes towards FGM and how is FGM performed
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Performers of FGM

FGM is mostly performed by traditional excisors (more than 95 per cent), but even by some medical professionals

FGM is essentially performed by other traditional (more than 65%). FGM is practised more and more by medical professionals

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Type of FGM

More than two thirds of women and girls who have undergone FGM have had their genitalia cut, with some flesh removed

Almost half of girls and women who undergone FGM have had their genitalia cut, with some flesh removed

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Opposition

90 per cent of women believe FGM should be discontinued

حول 66 percent of women and girls believe FGM should be discontinued

Residence
Education Level
Wealth Quintile
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2006DHS 2010Source :Burkina FasoRuralUrban0%100%25%50%75%
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2006DHS 2010Source :Burkina FasoNo EducationPrimarySecondary/higher0%100%25%50%75%125%
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2006DHS 2010Source :Burkina FasoPoorest 20%SecondMiddleFourthRichest 20%0%100%25%50%75%
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2006DHS 2010Source :Burkina FasoRuralUrbanNo EducationPrimarySecondary/higherPoorest 20%SecondMiddleFourthRichest 20%0%100%25%50%75%
FGM among young girls

More than 60 per cent of the women who have undergone FGM were cut before age 5; the difference of age at FGM between women 15-19 and women 45-49 indicates that more girls are likely to be cut at an earlier age

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age at
FGM/C
15-49women
age at
FGM/C
15-19women
age at
FGM/C
45-49

Prevalence of FGM among young girls, by residence, education of mothers, ethnic group and wealth index, per cent

انتقاء
At the time of the survey, 25% of girls in Burkina Faso had undergone some form of FGM

19% of daughters aged 0-14 in Nigeria have undergone some form of FGM Indicator captures a certain point in time and not an eternal truth, as these young girls might be cut at a later stage in their lives

Percentage who have undergone FGM
Residence
Education Level
Ethnicity
Wealth Quintile
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3Percent who have undergone FGM25271627177423432302925252524151562830262417Burkina FasoRuralUrbanNo educationPrimarySecondary or higherFulfulde/peulDagaraOtherBissaLobiBoboDioulaSenoufoMossiGourounsiGourmantcheTouareg/bellaPoorest 20%SecondMiddleFourthRichest 20%0204060
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3Percent who have undergone FGM252716Burkina FasoRuralUrban0102030
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3Percent who have undergone FGM27177No educationPrimarySecondary or higher0102030
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3Percent who have undergone FGM42343230292525252415156Fulfulde/peulDagaraOtherBissaLobiBoboDioulaSenoufoMossiGourounsiGourmantcheTouareg/bella01020304050
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3Percent who have undergone FGM2830262417Poorest 20%SecondMiddleFourthRichest 20%010203040
Indicator captures a certain point in time and not an eternal truth, as these young girls might be cut at a later stage in their lives

المصدر: DHS 2010 unless otherwise indicated | United Nations Population Fund |

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