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Eliminating Female genital mutilation An inter agency statement
Health Systems
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Description
In 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children��s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) issued a Joint Statement on Female Genital Mutilation (WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, 1997) which described the implications of the practice for public health and human rights and declared support for its abandonment