Post by cenydd on Sept 6, 2013 10:12:06 GMT
Cases of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is on the rise in Ghana despite a ban placed on the practice.
This was contained in a UNICEF multiple Indicator Cluster (MICS) Survey in 2007, which puts FGM at 3.8 per cent for women between 15 to 49 years and four per cent for the most recent survey of 2011.
An Act to amend the Criminal Code 1960 (29) to change the reference “Female Circumcision” to “Female Genital Mutilation to reflect the actual nature of the offence, widen the scope of responsibility in relation to the offence and provide for related matters was enacted in 2007.
However, available records show that the practice was on the ascendancy instead of decreasing due to the breakdown of educational and awareness and control programmes in addition to the inability of law enforcers to effectively enforce the laws on FGM.
This was contained in a UNICEF multiple Indicator Cluster (MICS) Survey in 2007, which puts FGM at 3.8 per cent for women between 15 to 49 years and four per cent for the most recent survey of 2011.
An Act to amend the Criminal Code 1960 (29) to change the reference “Female Circumcision” to “Female Genital Mutilation to reflect the actual nature of the offence, widen the scope of responsibility in relation to the offence and provide for related matters was enacted in 2007.
However, available records show that the practice was on the ascendancy instead of decreasing due to the breakdown of educational and awareness and control programmes in addition to the inability of law enforcers to effectively enforce the laws on FGM.
www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2013/09/06/female-genital-mutilation-cases-rise-in-ghana-unicef/
Obviously there is some way to go in ending this abhorrent practise in Africa, and in raising awareness about it among the population.
