Female genital mutilation (FGM) is highly prevalent in Sudan. According to a 2014 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), 86.6 percent of women aged 15–49 in Sudan reported living with FGM, and said that 31.5 percent of their daughters had been cut.[1][2] The most common FGM procedure in that country is Type III (infibulation); the 2014 survey found that 77 percent of respondents had experienced Type III.[3]
Most FGM procedures in Sudan have traditionally been performed by local circumcisers without anaesthesia or antibiotics.[citation needed] The 2014 survey indicated that 77 percent of the 0–14 age group had been cut by health personnel, according to their mothers, and 20 percent by traditional circumcisers. Most girls (66 percent) are cut between ages 5–9.[2]
- ^ "Sudan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014". UNICEF. 2014. p. ix.
- ^ a b "Sudan: Statistical Profile on Female Genital Mutilation". UNICEF. January 2019: 2.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014, p. 214, Table CP.10.