violence against women epidemic , page-18

loric wrote:

"Considering around 90% of women in Egypt suffered from female genital mutilation, and Egypt is not the only country to practice this, how is the Arab figure 37%? Do they not count female genital mutilation as an 'act of violence'?"

I couldn't believe you had got the percentages for Egypt correct. But sure enough I did the DYOR, and indeed several African countries with proedominatly Muslim ppopulations have a figure of 90% or above for FGM. There are different "levels" of FGM, ranging froma a "nick" to major cutting, but I agree that ALL should be considered violence against women.

I can only guess that they are not included in the WHO figures because the women do not make complaints as it is a culturally accepted practice.

This is a barbaric practice by medaieval cultures IMO

http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/fgm/prevalence/en/index.html