The number of girls at risk of an ablation increases. According to a study by the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the determining factor is the increase in the immigrant population from sub-Saharan Africa, which is the part of the world where female mutilation is most practised. Senegal, Gambia, Nigeria, Mali, Ghana and Guinea Bissau\ teren the countries from which most immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa come to Catalonia come. Over the past five years, many women and girls have arrived from these countries following family reunification processes.
Related Organizations
- Place Discussed
- Guinea-Bissau Mali Senegal Ghana
- Published in
- Guinea-Bissau
- Reference
- 4888091
- Rights URI
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Source
- Europeana https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2051922/data_euscreenXL_4888091