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.