Numbers of Women Circumcised in Africa: The Production of a Total (2008)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Stanley Yoder,Shane Khan
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To provide a number for women 15 years old and older who have undergone FGM/C in African countries by using the prevalence of women 45-49 to estimate the prevalence of women 50+. The approach assumes that women above 49 are similar to women 45-49 years old
Study Population: Women
Findings: The study found that the total number of women circumcised in Africa applies to women 15 years old and older and comes to 79,105,692,just short of 80 million
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Western Africa,Eastern Africa,Middle Africa,Northern Africa
Country(ies):Egypt,Eritrea,Sudan,Ethiopia,Guinea,Mali,Burkina Faso,Senegal,Côte d’Ivoire,Chad,Central African Republic,Nigeria,Benin,Ghana,Niger,Cameroon,Kenya,Tanzania,Uganda