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Austria Boosts Funds for the Battle against Female Genital Mutilation
In the context of the International Day against FGM - Female Genital Mutilation, both the Austrian Foreign Ministry and the AIF - Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF - Österreichische Integrationsfonds), which is largely financed by the Austrian Foreign Ministry, are increasing the financial resources amounting to € 6 million for the international fight against FGM. This day commemorates the fact that around 200 million girls and women worldwide are affected by female genital mutilation. In Austria alone, 8,000 women with a migration background are affected.
Violence against women and girls is one of the most frequent human rights violations worldwide. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Amnon s (Amnon Shavit). [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]
Violence against women and girls is one of the most frequent human rights violations worldwide.
"This archaic form of violence happens in secret. We need a criminal offence of our own in order to take action against this serious form of bodily injury. Within the framework of the Task Force on Criminal Law Reform of State Secretary Karoline Edtstadler, we are committed to this",…
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