FGM prevalence reduces in Kenya

Investigating and prosecuting FGM cases is also frustrated by other factors that make it difficult to locate witnesses, perpetrators and victims in recognition that FGM is usually carried out in remote areas.

READ: Kenya in robust push to punish FGM perpetrators

Kenya will on Saturday hold various events to join the world in marking the International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM which was launched in February 6, 2003.

In 2016, the theme is dedicated to ‘achieving the new Global Goals through the elimination of FGM by 2030’.

According to UNICEF, over 200 million girls and women have been subjected to FGM and if ‘the current trends continue15 million additional girls between ages 15 and 19 will be subjected to it by 2030’.

The day is marked to gauge progress made in saving women and girls from the cut that exposes them to death, early marriages and other health complications especially during child birth.

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JUDIE KABERIA

Judie, an Associate Editor has worked as a journalist in Kenya and Germany. She has a Master’s Degree in New Media, Governance and Democracy, University of Leicester (U.K). She has scooped 10 journalistic awards. She has participated in international conferences in Germany, Switzerland, United States and Netherlands. Judie has written a booklet, ‘Justice and Peace in the Kenyan Eye’. She has a soft spot for human rights, crime, peace and justice stories.

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