Each year 4 million girls are trimmed by genitals: UN report on sex, marriage and health of women

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Each year, 4 million girls are held “female pruning” (genital injury), including 2 million of them under 5 years.

In total, more than 230 million women have undergone genitals in the world. 63% of such cases occurred in Africa, 35% in Asia, and 3% in the Middle East.

Appropriate statistics were posted in the new UN report Gender Snapshot 2025, The organization reports Un women.

Also, according to the new report of human rights defenders, every 8 women in the world have experienced physical or sexual violence from a partner.

Only in 38 countries the minimum age of marriage is 18 years. Only 63 countries have rape laws.

Women devote 2.5 times more time to unpaid household and career work confirming the previous UN report.

In North Africa and Western Asia, women spend 4 times more time on such work than men.

Only 56.3% of women in marriage have full control over reproductive health, also shows a report.

In the period from 2000 to 2023, the mother mortality rate decreased by 39.3%. Nevertheless, women still have worse health and live on average a year less due to chronic diseases.

We will remind, earlier at the UN Posted The results of the report on poverty, famine, war and other attacks that women suffer from.