Justice and Human Rights Kenya Project #42898

Saving Girls From Female genital Mutilation/Cut.

by Compassion Community Based Organisation

Saving Girls From Female genital Mutilation/Cut.

Project Report | Dec 29, 2025
More Advocacy against Female Genital Mut

By Evanson Njeru | Program director

Dear Esteemed Friends and Partners ,

Following the Research by Ghosh, Flowe and Rockey which revealed 44320 girls and young women die each year from Female Genital Mutilation and Cut (FGM/C) . Year 2026 we will increase our advocacy against the vice.

Saving Girls From Female genital Mutilation/Cut.

44,320 girls and young women die each year fromFGM/C-related complications, according to research by Ghosh, Flowe,and Rockey. This

analysed data from15 African countries over three decades (1990-2020).

This positions Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)as the 4th leading cause of death among girls and young women in these countries, exceeded only by enteric infections, respiratory infections,andmalaria.Yet,unlike these diseases, FGM/C is intentional and preventable.

The implications of this new data are profound, calling for afundamental shift in how we

understand and address FGM/C.

It necessitates reframing FGM/C from a harmful traditional practice to a pandemic of violence and a critical public health emergency

The evidence demands a global shift in responding to FGM/C. UNFPA (2022) estimates $2.75 billion is needed to end the practice in 31 high prevalence countries by 2030 yet only $300 million has been allocated³⁴. With a girl dying every 12 minutes from FGM/C related complications, the issue needs to be pushed to the forefront of the global agenda demanding stronger commitment to eliminate FGM/C and an urgent increase in interventions and funding

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