ASSESSING THE ROLE OF LAW IN REDUCING THE PRACTISE OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION/CUTTING IN KENYA (2020)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): A Meroka-Mutua,D Mwanga,C Olunga
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: e to assess the extent to which people obey the law on FGM/C; to investigate the reasons and causes that motivate people born into a tradition of FGM/C to obey or not to obey a law prohibiting FGM/C; and to establish the legal,policy,and programme responses,across varying contexts,that would most effectively reduce the practice of FGM/C
Study Population: community gatekeepers,community leaders,and government officials; focus group discussions with women aged 35 and older,women aged 18–34,men aged 35 and older,and men aged 18–34; and a quantitative survey of 1,200 respondents from six practising communities
Findings: despite the enactment of a law prohibiting FGM/C,13% of the studied population would still make the decision to cut women and girls in the future.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Eastern Africa
Country(ies):Kenya