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Female Genital Mutilation Dashboard (FGM) - Mauritania

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In Mauritania, 69 per cent of women and girls, aged 15-49, have undergone some form of FGM

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

Created with Highcharts 4.0.3Less than 15%15 - 34%35 - 54%55% and more

27% of women aged 15-49 in Mauritania 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 (%) MICS 2011
Prevalence of FGM among girls, 15-19 (%) MICS 2011
FGM prevalence rate in most affected ethnic group in the country (%) -
Existence of policies and laws banning FGM Making progress Global FGM programme data 2014

Trends

 Prevalence of FGM has decreased by 4 per cent between 2007 and 2011; 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 2007MICS 2011Mauritania15-1945-490100255075
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Inequalities

 Human rights violations affect women and girls differently. Girls who are the least educated, poorest 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 2007MICS 2011UrbanRural0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2007MICS 2011Richest 20%FourthMiddleSecondPoorest 20%0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2007MICS 2011Secondary or higherPrimaryNo education0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2007MICS 2011Richest 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 50 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

Approximately 69 per cent 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

53 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 2007MICS 2011Source :MauritaniaRuralUrban0%20%40%60%80%
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2007MICS 2011Source :MauritaniaNo EducationPrimarySecondary/higher0%25%50%75%100%
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2007MICS 2011Source :MauritaniaPoorest 20%SecondMiddleFourthRichest 20%0%20%40%60%80%
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2007MICS 2011Source :MauritaniaRuralUrbanNo EducationPrimarySecondary/higherPoorest 20%SecondMiddleFourthRichest 20%0%100%25%50%75%
FGM among young girls

More than three quarters of the women who have undergone FGM were cut before age 5

Created with Highcharts 4.0.3Total 0-4 yrTotal 5-9 yrTotal 10-14 yrTotal 15+ yrNot availablewomen
age at
FGM/C
15-49

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

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At the time of the survey, 55% of girls in Mauritania 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 FGM5569346949218472543422MauritaniaRuralUrbanNo educationPrimarySecondary or higherPoorest 20%SecondMiddleFourthRichest 20%0100255075
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3Percent who have undergone FGM556934MauritaniaRuralUrban020406080
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3Percent who have undergone FGM694921No educationPrimarySecondary or higher0255075
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3Percent who have undergone FGM
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3Percent who have undergone FGM8472543422Poorest 20%SecondMiddleFourthRichest 20%0100255075
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: MICS 2011 unless otherwise indicated | United Nations Population Fund |

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