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Female Genital Mutilation Dashboard (FGM) - Gambia

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In Gambia, 75 per cent of women and girls, aged 15-49, have undergone some form of FGM

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

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27% of women aged 15-49 in Gambia 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 2013
Prevalence of FGM among girls, 15-19 (%) DHS 2013
FGM prevalence rate in most affected ethnic group in the country (%) DHS 2013
Existence of policies and laws banning FGM Making progress Global FGM programme data 2014

Trends

 Prevalence of FGM has decreased by 2 per cent between 2010 and 2013

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

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Inequalities

 Human rights violations affect women and girls differently

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 2010DHS 2013UrbanRural0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2010DHS 2013Richest 20%FourthMiddleSecondPoorest 20%0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2010DHS 2013Secondary or higherPrimaryNo education0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2010DHS 2013Richest 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 97 per cent)

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

Almost 90 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

33 per cent of women believe FGM should be discontinued

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

Residence
Education Level
Wealth Quintile
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2010DHS 2013Source :GambiaRuralUrban0%10%20%30%40%
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2010DHS 2013Source :GambiaNo EducationPrimarySecondary/higher0%10%20%30%40%50%
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2010DHS 2013Source :GambiaPoorest 20%SecondMiddleFourthRichest 20%0%10%20%30%40%50%
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3MICS 2010DHS 2013Source :GambiaRuralUrbanNo EducationPrimarySecondary/higherPoorest 20%SecondMiddleFourthRichest 20%0%100%25%50%75%
FGM among young girls

More than half 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
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FGM/C
15-49women
age at
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15-19women
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45-49

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, 42% of girls in Gambia 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 FGM424638434636765450464335301911943940475034GambiaRuralUrbanNo educationPrimarySecondary or higherSarahulehMandinka/jahankaBambaraFula/tukulor/loroboJola/karoninkaOtherNon-gambianCreole/aku MarabouSerereManjagoWollofPoorest 20%SecondMiddleFourthRichest 20%0100255075
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3Percent who have undergone FGM424638GambiaRuralUrban01020304050
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3Percent who have undergone FGM434636No educationPrimarySecondary or higher0204060
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3Percent who have undergone FGM76545046433530191194SarahulehMandinka/jahankaBambaraFula/tukulor/loroboJola/karoninkaOtherNon-gambianCreole/aku MarabouSerereManjagoWollof0100255075
Created with Highcharts 4.0.3Percent who have undergone FGM3940475034Poorest 20%SecondMiddleFourthRichest 20%0204060
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

Source: DHS 2013 unless otherwise indicated | United Nations Population Fund |

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