El abordaje social y político de la mutilación genital femenina

Abstract

Female genital mutilation (FGM) went into the social and political agenda of different international organisms some decades ago, with several actions that have been developed in countries where this practice is common. Later, specific legislative measures have been set up in immigration recipient countries to forbid and penalize it.Although these legislative measures are quite widespread, other political and social initiatives are necessary as well that entail a deeper knowledge and higher awareness of FGM and involve communities and their leaders. The participation of public administrations andother social actors must be ensured with the development of plans of action where public and private entities work with immigrant population in the fields of law, health, education and social work. In this paper, we analyze those social and political measures set up at the national and international levels to reach FGM eradication.