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The document discusses female genital mutilation (FGM) in Kenya, including key facts such as 4 million girls and women have undergone FGM, the practice is most common in rural and poor communities and certain ethnic groups, and efforts are needed to eliminate FGM in Kenya by 2030 as targeted by UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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A Profile of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya

Female genital
mutilation in the
global development
agenda
SDG 5
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is Achieve gender
equality and
a violation of human rights. Every empower all
girl and woman has the right to be women and girls

protected from this harmful practice,


a manifestation of entrenched
gender inequality with devastating TARGET 5.3 INDICATOR 5.3.2
Eliminate all harmful practices, Proportion of girls and women
consequences. FGM is now firmly on such as child, early and forced aged 15 to 49 years who have
the global development agenda, most marriage and female genital
mutilation
undergone female genital
mutilation
prominently through its inclusion in
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)
target 5.3, which aims to eliminate the
practice by 2030.

01 | A Profile of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya


KEY FACTS
Most FGM is performed by
In Kenya, 4 million about FGM traditional practitioners,
girls and women have except in the Kisii community,
undergone FGM where health personnel are
responsible for two in three
instances of FGM. Removing
flesh is the most common form
of the practice in the country

The risk of FGM depends on certain


background characteristics.
Girls and women from rural areas,
Overall, 21 per cent of living in poor households, with
girls and women aged less education or who identify Cutting is performed at
15 to 49 years have been as Muslim are at greater risk. The different ages around the
subjected to the practice practice is highly concentrated in country, including after age 15
the North Eastern region and in some ethnic groups
in certain ethnic groups

Kenya’s progress towards


Nearly all people in Kenya FGM is less common abandoning FGM is strong
think FGM should stop, today than in previous compared to other countries in Eastern
though opposition is most generations. This progress and Southern Africa. Nonetheless,
common among ethnic groups has been achieved over the eliminating FGM by 2030 across the
that do not practice FGM last three decades country requires additional efforts

A Profile of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya | 02


Anti-FGM activist Susan Boke Magige
and her husband Jason Magige with
their daughter Joyce, 16, who has not
undergone FGM. Kuria East, Kenya.
Current levels of FGM
Kenya is home to 4 million girls and women who have experienced FGM. Overall, 21 per cent of girls and women
aged 15 to 49 years have undergone the practice, varying from 98 per cent in the North Eastern region to 1 per cent
in the Western region
FIG. 1 Percentage of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years who have undergone FGM, by region

Less than 30 per cent

30 to 69 per cent

70 per cent or more

Eastern

North Eastern

Rift Valley

Western

Nyanza Central

Coast
Nairobi

Note: The boundaries, names and designations used on the map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.

A Profile of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya | 04


Girls and women from rural areas, living in poor households, with less education or who identify as Muslim
are more likely to have undergone FGM
FIG. 2 Percentage of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years who have undergone FGM, by residence, wealth quintile, education and religion

100

80

60 58

51

40
40
33

26 26
23 22
(20)
20 18 17 18
14
12 12

0
Rural Urban Poorest Second Middle Fourth Richest No Primary Secondary Muslim No Roman Other Protestant/
education or higher religion Catholic religious other
groups Christian

Residence Wealth quintile Education Religion

Notes: Values presented here are based on at least 25 unweighted cases. Those based on 25 to 49 unweighted cases are shown in parentheses.

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Variation across ethnic groups is dramatic; the practice is a universal phenomenon among some ethnicities and
non-existent among others
FIG. 3 Percentage of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years who have undergone FGM, by ethnicity

94% 86% 84% 78% 41% 31% 31% 28% 22% 15% 11% 2% 2% 0.4% 0.2%
Other ethnic

Mijikenda/
Samburu

Kalenjin

Turkana
Maasai

Swahili
Kamba
Somali

Kikuyu
groups

Taveta

Luhya
Embu

Meru

Taita/
Kisii

Luo
A Profile of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya | 06
In Kenya, 3 per cent of girls under age 15 have undergone FGM

FIG. 4 Percentage of girls aged 0 to 14 years who have undergone FGM, by ethnicity

Kenya 3
Information collected
on FGM among girls
Somali 36
under age 15 reflects
their current but not
Kisii 16 final FGM status. Some
girls who have not
Other ethnic groups 5 been cut may still be
at risk once they reach
Samburu 4 the customary age for
Maasai
cutting. Therefore, the
3
prevalence for girls
Taita/Taveta 1 under age 15 is an
Ethnicity

underestimation of
Embu 1 the true extent of the
practice. Since age at
Meru 1 cutting varies among
settings, the amount of
Kalenjin 0.5
underestimation also
Kamba 0.4 varies (see Figure 7).
This should be kept in
Luhya 0.2 mind when interpreting
all FGM prevalence
Mijikenda/Swahili 0.1 data for this age group.
Turkana 0.1

Luo 0.0

Kikuyu 0.0

0 10 20 30 40 50

07 | A Profile of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya


Girls in secondary school in
West Pokot taking notes on the
dangers of FGM.
Circumstances around FGM
Practitioners, types of FGM and age at cutting
Traditional practitioners usually perform FGM in Kenya, 7 times out of 10. Medical personnel are also sometimes
responsible for the practice, however, especially among the Kisii
FIG. 5 Percentage distribution of women aged 20 to 24 years who have undergone FGM by practitioner, by ethnicity

Practitioner: Medical personnel Traditional practitioner Don’t know/missing

0.3 1 1
100 2 4 3

33
80

60 73

(100) 100 99 96 92 91

40

66

20

25

9
0.1 5
0
Meru Somali Samburu Other ethnic groups Kalenjin Maasai Kisii

Kenya Ethnicity

Notes: Figures may not add up to 100 per cent due to rounding. Values presented here are based on at least 25 unweighted cases. Those based on 25 to 49 unweighted cases are shown in parentheses. Data for some
ethnic groups are suppressed due to insufficient numbers of cases to perform the analysis.

09 | A Profile of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya


Almost 9 in 10 cut women experienced flesh removal, the most common type of FGM in Kenya. The most severe
form of FGM, in which the vaginal opening is sewn closed, is practised among certain ethnic groups
FIG. 6 Percentage distribution of women aged 20 to 24 years who have undergone FGM by type of FGM performed, by ethnicity

Type of FGM: Sewn closed Cut, flesh removed Cut, no flesh removed/nicked Don’t know/missing

100 2 2
4 3
1
4

80

60
79
74

98 (98)
88 92 91 91

40

20

22 21

9 8 7
0 2 (2) 2

Somali Other ethnic groups Samburu Maasai Kalenjin Meru Kisii

Kenya Ethnicity

Notes: Figures may not add up to 100 per cent due to rounding. Values presented here are based on at least 25 unweighted cases. Those based on 25 to 49 unweighted cases are shown in parentheses. Data for some
ethnic groups are suppressed due to insufficient numbers of cases to perform the analysis.

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Most FGM occurs during adolescence, with substantial variations in age at cutting across ethnic groups: The majority of
cases occur before age 10 among the Somali, while in other groups, the practice is mainly performed at age 10 or later
FIG. 7 Percentage distribution of women aged 20 to 24 years who have undergone FGM by age at cutting, by ethnicity

Age at cutting: Before 5 years 5 to 9 years 10 to 14 years At 15 years or after Don’t know/missing

1
100 2
3 3
15

24
24
0.2 29

80 12
44

54

(73) 70
60

44 50

58
40 67

49

41
20
(18)
28 25 30

13
(8)
5 4
0 1 2

Somali Other ethnic groups Kisii Maasai Meru Samburu Kalenjin


Kenya Ethnicity

Notes: Figures may not add up to 100 per cent due to rounding. Values presented here are based on at least 25 unweighted cases. Those based on 25 to 49 unweighted cases are shown in parentheses. Data for some
ethnic groups are suppressed due to insufficient numbers of cases to perform the analysis.

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Opinions on FGM
Nine in 10 people in Kenya think FGM should stop; opposition is high among both adolescents and older Kenyans

FIG. 8 Percentage of girls, boys, women and men aged 15 to 49 years who have heard of FGM and think the practice should stop, by age

93% 91%
15 to 19 years 15 to 19 years

92% 86%
45 to 49 years 45 to 49 years

92% 89%
15 to 49 years 15 to 49 years

Girls and women Boys and men

A Profile of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya | 12


Opposition to FGM is common, but people from poor households, with less education or who identify as Muslim
are less likely to think the practice should stop
FIG. 9 Percentage of girls, women, boys and men aged 15 to 49 years who have heard of FGM and think the practice should stop, by residence, wealth quintile, education and religion

Residence

Rural 91 88
Urban 94 89

Wealth quintile

Poorest 79 80 Girls and women


Second 91 90 Boys and men
Middle 96 89
Fourth 96 90
Richest 96 91

Education

No education 58 55
Primary 93 87
Secondary or higher 97 93

Religion

Muslim 58 64
No religion 83 64
Other religious groups (92) 80
Roman Catholic 94 89
Protestant/other Christian 95 92

Notes: Values presented here are based on at least 25 unweighted cases. Those based on 25 to 49 unweighted cases are shown in parentheses.

13 | A Profile of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya


Opposition to FGM is most common among ethnic groups that do not practise it, though the Maasai and Kisii oppose
the practice despite most girls and women being cut
FIG. 10 Percentage of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years who have undergone FGM (prevalence), and percentage of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years who have heard of FGM and think
the practice should stop (opposition), by ethnicity

FGM prevalence Opposition to FGM

100
96 97 97 97 97 97 97
94 95
93 93

86 87
84

80 78
76 77

60

43
41
40

31 31
28

22
20 17
15
11

2 2
0.4 0.2
0
Taita/Taveta
Other ethnic

Mijikenda/
Samburu

Kalenjin

Turkana
Maasai

Swahili
Kamba
Somali

Kikuyu
groups

Luhya
Embu

Meru
Kisii

Luo
A Profile of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya | 14
Peninah Boke, 14, attends
Maeta Primary School in Migori
Country, Western Kenya. She is
the chair of the health club and
has stood up against FGM.
Opposition to the practice has risen, with the largest increase among the Kisii

FIG. 11 Percentage of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years who have heard of FGM and think the practice should stop, by ethnicity

2008-2009 2014

100 98 97 97 97 97 97
95
92 93 93
96 95
87
93 92 92
89 90
86 79 87
78
80
82

76
73

60

57

40

20 17

11

0
Somali Maasai Other Kisii Luo Taita/ Embu Meru Kikuyu Mijikenda/ Kalenjin Kamba Luhya
ethnic groups Taveta Swahili

Kenya Ethnicity

Notes: The 1998 Demographic and Health Survey is not included because the sample excluded the North Eastern region. The 2003 Demographic and Health Survey is not included because it did not collect data on attitudes.
Some ethnic groups in the 2014 Demographic and Health Survey are recategorized as ‘other ethnic groups’ for comparability with the 2008-2009 Demographic and Health Survey, thus the values for this category may not match
those presented elsewhere in the publication, and some ethnic groups which appear in other charts are not presented here. Data on attitudes towards FGM among boys and men were not collected in the 2008-2009 survey.

A Profile of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya | 16


Around 4 in 10 Muslims in Kenya believe the practice is required by religion

FIG. 12 Percentage of girls, women, boys and men aged 15 to 49 years who have heard of FGM and believe that the practice is required by religion, by religion

Protestant/
Girls and women Other religious Roman other
Muslim groups No religion Catholic Christian

4% 2% 2%
(7%)

44%

5%

Kenya Religion

Boys and men Protestant/


Other religious Roman other
Muslim groups No religion Catholic Christian

2% 3%
6%
26%
36%

6%

Notes: Values presented here are based on at least 25 unweighted cases. Those based on 25 to 49 unweighted cases are shown in parentheses.

17 | A Profile of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya


Among some ethnicities, it is a common belief that FGM is required by the community

FIG. 13 Percentage of girls, women, boys and men aged 15 to 49 years who have heard of FGM and believe that the practice is required by the community, by ethnicity

Girls and women Boys and men


100
(95)

87
83
80

72

60

40
40 37
35
30

24 24

20 19

11 11 10
8 8 8 9
6 6
4 4 3 3 4 4
2 1 1 1 1 2
0
Other ethnic

Taita/Taveta

Mijikenda/
Samburu

Kalenjin

Turkana
Maasai

Swahili
groups

Kamba
Somali

Kikuyu
Kenya

Luhya
Embu

Meru
Kisii

Luo
Ethnicity

Notes: Values presented here are based on at least 25 unweighted cases. Those based on 25 to 49 unweighted cases are shown in parentheses.

A Profile of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya | 18


Generational trends in reducing FGM
The prevalence of FGM among adolescent girls has dropped from 5 in 10 to 1 in 10 over the last three decades

FIG. 14 Percentage of adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 years who have undergone FGM

100

As shown in
Figure 7, 24 per cent
of cutting occurs at
or after age 15.
80
Thus the percentage
of adolescent girls
aged 15 to 19
years who have
undergone FGM is
60 unlikely to reflect
the complete
prevalence of the
48 48 practice among this
cohort, as some
40 girls are still at risk
40 of FGM.
35
30

24
20
20
15
11

0
1974 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014

Note: See technical notes for details.

19 | A Profile of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya


Kenya’s progress towards abandoning FGM in the past three decades is strong compared to other countries
in Eastern and Southern Africa
FIG. 15 Average annual rate of reduction and percentage of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years who have undergone FGM (current prevalence)

Country Average annual rate of reduction of FGM (%) Current prevalence of FGM (%)

Uganda 4.6 0.3

United Republic of Tanzania 4.6 10

Kenya 4.3 21

Ethiopia 1.7 65

Eritrea 1.0 83

Sudan 0.4 87

Djibouti 0.4 94

Somalia 0.1 98

Notes: This figure includes all countries in Eastern and Southern Africa with nationally representative data on the prevalence of FGM. Countries are ranked from highest to lowest according to the 30-year average
annual rate of reduction.

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Most regions of Kenya have achieved progress towards eliminating FGM; in the North Eastern region, however, the
practice remains universal
FIG. 16 Percentage of adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 years who have undergone FGM, by region

1984 2014

(100%) 58% 48%


100% 8% 2%

North Rift
Central
Eastern Valley

48% 40% 22% 1%


12% 27% 6% 0%

Eastern Nyanza Coast Western

Notes: Values presented here are based on at least 25 unweighted cases. Those based on 25 to 49 unweighted cases are shown in parentheses. Data for Nairobi are suppressed due to an insufficient number of cases
to perform the analysis for 1984.

21 | A Profile of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya


The greatest reduction in the prevalence of FGM has been in the Kikuyu and Kalenjin ethnic groups

FIG. 17 Percentage of adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 years who have undergone FGM, by ethnicity

100% (100%) (98%)


1984 2014
68% (61%) 91%

Kisii Samburu Somali

71% (58%) 47% 45%


3% 15% 37% 1%

Other
Kalenjin Meru ethnic Kikuyu
groups

37% 4% 1% 1%
5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2%

Mijikenda/
Kamba Luo Luhya
Swahili

Notes: Values presented here are based on at least 25 unweighted cases. Those based on 25 to 49 unweighted cases are shown in parentheses. Ethnic groups with fewer than 25 unweighted cases at one or both
points in time are suppressed.

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Looking ahead towards eliminating FGM
While substantial progress has been made, additional efforts will be required to eliminate FGM by 2030

FIG. 18 Observed and projected percentage of adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 years who have undergone FGM

100

80

Percentage of adolescent
girls aged 15 to 19 years
who have undergone FGM
60

48 48

40

24
Percentage of adolescent girls
20
aged 15 to 19 years who are
11 expected to undergo FGM if:

6
3 3 Progress continues
0 0 Progress is accelerated
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050

How to read the projections


The figures on this page and the following page show how the prevalence of FGM has progress from the past 30 years continues (in light pink). A more ambitious scenario (in
changed since the 1970s, as well as scenarios that could occur in the future. Figure magenta) projects an acceleration at twice the rate of observed progress.
18 highlights how the percentage of girls and women who have undergone FGM has
In Figure 19, the observed average annual rates of reduction quantify the rate of
changed and could continue to change through 2050. Figure 19 shows progress in
progress over the past 30 years. A higher rate indicates faster progress. Required
observed rates of reduction and rates required to meet the SDG target of elimination.
rates are calculated to illustrate what would be necessary to eliminate the practice
In Figure 18, the projections build on existing trends to show expected values if by 2030.

23 | A Profile of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya


To achieve the SDG target, the most acceleration is required in the North Eastern and Nyanza regions, while the
Central region is on track for elimination
FIG. 19 Average annual rate of reduction (per cent) in the percentage of adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 years who have undergone FGM, observed and required for elimination

Observed in the past 30 years Required for elimination by 2030

50

40

30 28.8

20.5
20

15.2 15.5
13.4

10.8 11.2
10 9.4

6.4
4.3 4.6 4.5
3.3
1.4
0.0 n/a
0

North Eastern Nyanza Eastern Rift Valley Coast Nairobi Central

Kenya Region

Notes: The Western region is not shown since the prevalence of FGM is already below 1 per cent. Values based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases are suppressed. Data for Nairobi are suppressed due to an
insufficient number of cases to perform the analysis, thus the 30-year rate is marked as not available (n/a).

A Profile of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya | 24


Kenya’s programme to end FGM

Kenya’s programme to end FGM seeks to respond to the multidimensional drivers and consequences of the practice, and contribute to
the Government’s target of ending it by 2022. The Ministry of Public Service and Gender leads the initiative, with contributions from line
ministries; faith-based, community-based, civil society and non-governmental organizations; and UN agencies. Article 53 of the 2010
Kenya Constitution, which articulates the right of every child to be protected from harmful cultural practices, underpins the drive for
elimination. Kenya enacted the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act 2011, and in 2019 adopted a revised National Policy for the
Eradication of FGM that has shaped the national programme.

The programme relies on the following evidence-based strategies:

1. Leadership and coordination: Progress towards ending FGM by 2030 4. Faith-based partnerships: In the North Eastern Region, where
depends on strong coordination at the national, county and subcounty practising communities profess Islamic faith, and in Nyanza, where
levels. The Anti-FGM Board, a semi-autonomous government agency under the Kuria Community has a Seventh Day Adventist following, taking
the Ministry of Public Service and Gender, coordinates an extensive network a religious approach to ending FGM is crucial. Partnerships with
of stakeholders, provides leadership and holds partners accountable. faith-based agencies and associations foster anti-FGM messages in
mosques and churches, and help delink the practice from any religion.
2. Comprehensive and innovative community engagement: The When highly respected religious scholars take part in community
voices, opinions and local knowledge of community members dialogue sessions and other outreach programmes, they can exert a
must be sought in all efforts to address FGM. Sustaining dialogue powerful influence in persuading communities to abandon FGM.
sessions with girls, women, boys and men to acknowledge the
problem, discuss solutions and recognize the challenges is an 5. Interventions targeting practitioners: Programmes aimed at both
important step. This process should conclude with a community traditional excisors and medical professionals aim to break the link
action plan that encourages girls to undergo all culturally between supply and demand. For traditional excisors, interventions
accepted rites of passage without having to endure FGM. focus on education around FGM as a violation of human rights, and
on opportunities for developing alternative skills. Among health-
3. Girls’ empowerment programmes: These include alternative care providers and medical students, the emphasis is on existing
rites of passage and mentorship programmes imparting life codes of conduct and regulations that prohibit medicalized FGM.
skills. Mentorship involves training girls to reject FGM, and
connecting them with local champions for the abandonment 6. Quality services: FGM-related services must effectively meet the needs of
of FGM as well as with law enforcement. Both can serve girls, and be located in close proximity to the family and community. Girls and
as resources for girls in resisting the practice. their families are encouraged to report incidents and seek quality professional
support to better cope with and resolve experiences of the practice.

25 | A Profile of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya


Technical Notes Data Sources
To assess the prevalence of FGM, this analysis used SDG FGM data are from the Demographic and Health Surveys in 2003, 2008-2009 and 2014.
indicator 5.3.2 – the proportion of girls and women aged 15 Demographic data are from the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social
to 49 years who have undergone the practice. Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2019, Online Edition, 2019.

The number of girls and women who have undergone FGM


is calculated based on the population in 2018. Confidence
intervals are not shown in this publication. Caution is Acknowledgements
therefore warranted in interpreting the results since
apparent differences among groups may not be significant.
Key message titles for figures were developed in light of the This data brief was prepared by the Data and Analytics Section of UNICEF (Claudia Cappa,
confidence intervals for all values. Where the title indicates Colleen Murray and Hyunju Park) with data analysis support from Zhuzhi Moore and with
that there is a difference among groups, it has been inputs from the UNICEF Kenya Country Office (Monika Sandvik-Nylund and Haithar Ahmed),
confirmed as statistically significant. the UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (Mona Aika), the Ministry of Public
Service and Gender of the Government of Kenya and Kenya’s national Anti-FGM Board.
Anti FGM Logo design

Data on the circumstances around FGM in Kenya are


presented here as measured among women aged 20 to 24
Pantone 285 C
C 86 M 62 Y 0 K 0

Pantone Pink C

years. Since cutting can occur well into adolescence, this


C 9 M 95 Y 0 K 0

Pantone Bright Red C


C 0 M 90 Y 95 K 0

allows the data to reflect circumstances around the country, C 0 M 0 Y 0 K 100

including among populations that tend to perform FGM


when girls are older.

Trends in the national prevalence of FGM in Figures 14 and


18 were calculated with data from the Kenya Demographic Suggested Citation
and Health Surveys in 2003, 2008-2009 and 2014. The
Demographic and Health Survey 1998 was excluded from
United Nations Children’s Fund, A Profile of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya, UNICEF,
the analysis since it was not conducted in the North Eastern
New York, 2020.
region and thus is not nationally representative. Calculations
of the average annual rate of reduction over the last 30 years
in Figure 19 as well as subnational trends in Figures 16 and 17
relied on an age-cohort analysis based on data from the latest
available Demographic and Health Survey in 2014. Trends in Photo Credits
opinions as shown in Figure 11 are based on results from the
Demographic and Health Surveys in 2008-2009 and 2014.
Cover: © UNICEFKENYA/2019/LUCAS
Projected values based on a continuation of observed
Fridah Marabe, 12, has rejected FGM and is part of a new generation standing up against the
progress apply the average annual rate of reduction in the
practice in Kuria West, Kenya.
prevalence of FGM, or the percentage of girls aged 15 to 19
years who have undergone FGM, over the past 30 years. The Page 4: © UNICEFKENYA/2019/LUCAS
acceleration scenario assumes a doubling of the observed
annual rate of reduction. For statistical purposes, ‘elimination’ Page 9: © UNICEFKENYA/2017/DAISY
is defined as a prevalence of less than 1 per cent.
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For information on the data in this brochure: For information on FGM in Kenya:

UNICEF Data and Analytics Section UNICEF Kenya Anti-FGM Board


Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring P.O. Box 44145-01000 Kenya Railways SRBS South Wing, Block “D”, 2nd floor
3 United Nations Plaza Nairobi, Kenya P.O. box 54760-00200
New York, NY 10017, USA Nairobi, Kenya
E-mail: nairobi@unicef.org
E-mail: data@unicef.org Website: unicef.org/Kenya/ E-mail: ceoantifgmboard@gmail.com
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