Nigeria: Information on the prevalence of female genital circumcision among the Yoruba community in Lagos including the age at which it is practised and whether there is any state protection available to women or female children who might be subjected to this procedure
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 November 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | NGA28199.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Nigeria: Information on the prevalence of female genital circumcision among the Yoruba community in Lagos including the age at which it is practised and whether there is any state protection available to women or female children who might be subjected to this procedure, 1 November 1997, NGA28199.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac8d14.html [accessed 30 May 2023] |
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For information on female genital circumcision or female genital mutilation (FGM) among the Yoruba, please consult the attached documents. According to Country Reports, although the government publicly opposes FGM, "[it] has taken no action to abolish the procedure, and many ethnic groups subject young females to it. ... The age at which females are subject to FGM varies from the first week of life to after a woman delivers her first child" (1997, 222).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1996. 1997. United States Department of State. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office.
Hosken, Fran P. 1993. 4th ed. The Hosken Report: Genital and Sexual Mutilation of Females: Nigeria. Washington, DC: Women's International Network News.
Minority Rights Group (MRG). April 1992. Revised and updated. Efua Dorkenoo and Scilla Elworthy. Female Genital Mutilation: Proposals for Change. London: MRG, pp. 32-34.
Attachment
Hosken, Fran P. 1993. 4th ed. The Hosken Report: Genital and Sexual Mutilation of Females: Nigeria. Washington, DC: Women's International Network News, pp.1-16.
Minority Rights Group (MRG). April 1992. Revised and updated. Efua Dorkenoo and Scilla Elworthy. Female Genital Mutilation: Proposals for Change. London: MRG, pp. 32-34.
