FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES / Women

European Parliament calls on Commission to address issue of female genital mutilation

Brussels, 26/10/2021 (Agence Europe)

A few weeks before the European Commission adopts a draft directive to combat gender violence (see EUROPE B12653A16), MEPs have tried to draw the institution’s attention to the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM).

The issue was discussed on Tuesday 26 October in the European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions (PETI), where two petitions urging the EU to do more to combat GMOs were discussed.

According to the European End FGM network, more than 600,000 women are living with the...