CommunicationPublished on 6 February 2021

Eighty per cent of FGM cases happen in Africa

The UN estimates that 200 million women and girls around the world have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), with 80 per cent of cases occurring in Africa. The impact of Covid-19 has made some of the statistics on FGM even worse. Switzerland is committed to defending fundamental human rights: preventing and combating sexual and gender-based violence is a priority of its foreign policy and of its work in its partner countries.