In the run-up to the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on Monday 6 February, the European Commission is recalling the EU’s determination to act to eradicate the practice worldwide.
“Female genital mutilation is a human rights violation and a form of violence against women and girls“, stressed in a joint statement on Friday, the High Representative of the Union and Vice-President of the Commission, Josep Borrell, the Vice-Presidents of the...