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FGM means female genitalia mutilation, and it’s supposedly meant to prevent rape of young girls…

The prevalence of FGM among women aged 15–49 in Somalia is 99.2%.

72% of women believe that FGM is a requirement of their religion.

Geography

Prevalence is marginally higher among nomadic populations (99.7%), but universally high in all locations

Age

Most girls are cut between the ages of 10 and 14

Type

Most women have undergone Type III FGM/C (infibulation/‘sewn closed’), which is also known as Pharaonic FGM/C

Agent

Predominantly traditional practitioners, but medicalised FGM/C is on the rise

Distribution of FGM/C across Somalia

In 2006, prevalence in the South/Central Zone was 99.2% and in 2011 in the North-East Zone (Puntland) it was 98% (women aged 15–49). There is no geographical breakdown available for the prevalence in 2020.

Across both Somalia and Somaliland, women who live in rural areas are only slightly more likely to undergo FGM/C than those who live in urban areas. The prevalence is highest among nomadic women, but is universally high (over 98%) among women living in all areas.

76.4% of women believe that FGM/C should continue and 18.9% believe that it should not.

While support for Type III (Pharaonic) FGM/C has declined in recent years, other types of FGM referred to as ‘Sunni’ remain popular. More than four in five women in the oldest age group experienced Pharaonic cutting, compared to less than half of women in the youngest age group.

(Information sited from https://www.fgmcri.org/country/somalia/)

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𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒾𝓈 ℐ𝓃𝓉ℯ𝓇𝓃ℯ𝓉 𝒫ℴ𝓇𝓃ℴ𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓅𝒽𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒫𝒶ℯ𝒹ℴ𝓅𝒿𝒾𝓁𝒾𝒶 𝓇ℯ𝓈ℯ𝒶𝓇𝓍𝒽ℯ𝓇 ℋℯ𝒶𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓇 𝒲ℴℴ𝒹

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Here's an FGM survivor's response to that girl on TikTok who claimed "people focus on FGM so much because they want to tie women's oppression to genitalia so they can exclude transwomen."

It's very interesting to listen to history lectures that first say that there was no slavery at a certain period of time, and then follow it up with something like: "women didn't have the right to marry at their free will, property was passed down from father to son..." and so on.

you are absolutely sure that there was no slavery, right?

reminder that lesbians are NOT more violent than men and we don't have the highest domestic violence rates. i wish people (mostly men) would stop deliberately misconstruing this

We really need to talk about Missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and Two Spirit people MMIWG2S on here more, I'm surprised that all I've heard about it recently was from this one video. We really need to show up more for Indigenous communities, especially now.

When there are feminist events make sure to include Indigenous women in the conversation.