Female Genital Mutilation: Information Pack

Headings: 
Reproductive Rights
Corporate Author: 
World Health Organization
Title: 
Female Genital Mutilation: Information Pack
Document Type: 
Documents by United Nations Bodies and Agencies
Reference: 
(1999)
URL: 
http://www.who.int/docstore/frh-whd/FGM/infopack/English/fgm_infopack.htm
Annotation: 
This information pack produced by the World Health Organization (WHO) about female genital mutilation contains, among other things, a description of the practice, statistics about its prevalence and distribution, a brief discussion of the international standards prohibiting FGM, a list of groups and contact persons working to elminate the practice, and a selected bibliography. [Descriptors: Reproductive Rights - Female Genital Cutting, International]