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Highest female genital mutilation is in Ondo – UNICEF

Drum Africa by Drum Africa
January 14, 2019
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The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday revealed that six out of 10 women between ages 15 and 49 in Oyo State are victims of genital mutilation.

Representative of UNICEF in-charge of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Dr. Olasunbo Odebode, made this disclosure in Ibadan, the state capital during a public declaration of FGM abandonment by 21 communities in Oyo West Local Government area of the state.

Odebode, who is a Child Protection Specialist, said that mutilation prevalence rate for women between 15 and 49 years in the state is 55.5 per cent which is the fifth highest in Nigeria.

She said the affected females live with the negative consequences of the practice, which undermined their physical, emotional and socio-economic well-being.

She described FGM as a harmful traditional practice, a gross violation of the fundamental human rights of women, which seriously compromised their health and psychological well-being.

Odebode said, “FGM is not only harmful but also against nature as it destroys the wholesome and beautiful way women and girls are naturally created.

“It poses increased risk of infection or prolonged labour, bleeding, still-birth and maternal death during childbirth as well as leaves lasting physical, emotional scars and an irreparable damage.”

She said FGM was a social norm and that people practice it because they believed that others in their community do it.

She urged stakeholders to collaborate in the campaign to end its menace in their respective communities.

State Director of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mrs. Dolapo Dosunmu said the agency had carried out series of programmes to sensitise the public on the effects of female genital mutilation.

Dosunmu commended traditional and community leaders in the area for dropping the age-long practice.

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola, in his remarks promised to support UNICEF and NOA efforts in eliminating the practice in the state.

Oba Adeyemi who was represented by Chief Yusuf Akinade, the Basorun of Oyo Kingdom, charged community heads to sensitise people in their domain on the negative effects of the practice.

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