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Last Updated on Monday, 30 May 2011 05:43 Written by Administrator Monday, 30 May 2011 05:35

We talk about when there is sexual mutilation intervention on female genitalia.

Two practices are especially known: excision and infibulation

What is circumcision?

It is a female who is either the removal of the clitoris, or the removal of the clitoris and the labia minora

What is infibulation?

This involves removing the clitoris, labia minora, the labia and sewing up the sex and maimed, leaving a small hole for the flow of urine and menstrual blood.

Is this legal?

Absolutely not. It is even very severely punished since the practice of female genital mutilation is considered a crime when committed on a child under 15 years. This is all the more reason that such mutilation can cause death.

In France, it is forbidden on the practice of female genital mutilation, including female circumcision and infibulation. No tradition can justify such acts.

sont commises, lors d'un voyage à l'étranger. The law protects all children living on French territory, whatever their nationality, even though the mutilations were committed during a trip abroad. These practices are prohibited and severely punished, the punishment of up to 20 years imprisonment.

Genital mutilation can lead to infections, diseases, painful sex, pregnancy and childbirth at risk, and even death.

Identify signs

• Do you feel that your family wants to send you around in your home country or country of origin of your parents, not give you the real reasons?
• Your immediate surroundings, whether your family, your in-laws, he has pressure on you to make you accept your daughter's circumcision, when you object?
• You're afraid to go in your home country where practice female circumcision and infibulation in the company of your daughter?

Do you know a girl or a young girl about to be circumcised?

. Genital mutilation is a crime punishable by law. Do not let violence take hold, react!

Who is responsible?

In general, it is the parents who justify their act by cultural reasons.

In fact, whether they will proceed to the excision themselves, or they will proceed. In both cases, they will be punished, either as perpetrators or as accomplices.

These mutilations are punishable by 10 years imprisonment. When the victim is a child under 15 years, the maximum penalty is increased to 15 years in prison or 20 years if the offense is committed by parents or grandparents.

Legal references

Article 222-9 and 222-10 of the Penal Code.