FGM/C: A Call for a Global Response - Global Report 2025
Assets
Released in February 2025, The Time is Now: End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, An Urgent Need for Global Response 2025 is a comprehensive update to the original 2020 edition, reflecting the most recent global data on female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). It highlights the urgency of eradicating FGM/C by 2030 and provides actionable recommendations for governments, human rights bodies, and civil society organizations. Developed in partnership with Equality Now and the US End FGM/C Network, the report is a vital resource for driving international efforts to end this harmful practice.
What’s inside the report?
- A collation of the latest research demonstrating that FGM/C is happening in 94 countries across the world, including in newly identified countries of Azerbaijan, Vietnam, and Cambodia, highlighting the practice’s global scope.
- Analysis of legal and resource gaps, highlighting the underfunding of global efforts and the need for urgent investment in MENA and Asia.
- An exploration of rising backlash against anti-FGM/C laws and its impact on the progress made so far.
- Detailed recommendations to strengthen global political commitment, enforce laws, and prioritize survivor-focused policies.
- A call for international cooperation to meet the global goal of eradicating FGM/C by 2030.
Who’s it for?
- National and local governments
- Regional and international human rights bodies
- Activists and changemakers
- Judiciary and law enforcement
- Civil society organizations
- Journalists
