In 2012 and in 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolutions urging the international community to intensify global efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) (A/RES/67/1461 and A/RES/73/5822). It also called upon ¡°States, the United Nations system, civil society and all stakeholders to continue to observe 6 February as the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM/C and to use the day to enhance awareness raising campaigns and to take concrete actions against female genital mutilations¡±.
The Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting describes the international and regional instruments that
address FGM/C as well as the national legislations adopted to outlaw FGM/C. This is a practical online tool to empower those fighting FGM/C as well as to respond to the needs of all those interested in this subject and those who work with women and girls affected or at risk.