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Its Happening Here: the Urgent Need for Anti-FGM Legislation in Kentucky BREAKING THE SILENCE PROTECTING LIBERTY CELEBRATING DIGNITY AHA Foundation The AHA Foundation believes in liberty for all women and girls. Honor

It’s Happening Here: the Urgent Need for Anti-FGM Legislation in Kentucky
BREAKING THE SILENCE • PROTECTING LIBERTY • CELEBRATING DIGNITY AHA Foundation • The AHA Foundation believes in liberty for all women and girls. • Honor Violence • Forced Marriage Child Marriage • • Female Genital Mutilation 2
BREAKING THE SILENCE • PROTECTING LIBERTY • CELEBRATING DIGNITY Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) • The World Health Organization defines FGM/C as “all procedures that involve partial or total removal of external female genitalia, or other injury to female genital organs for non- medical reasons.” • WHO classifies FGM/C into four major types 3
BREAKING THE SILENCE • PROTECTING LIBERTY • CELEBRATING DIGNITY 513,000 Women & Girls in the U.S. At Risk - Centers for Disease Control & Prevention 4
BREAKING THE SILENCE • PROTECTING LIBERTY • CELEBRATING DIGNITY 1,845 Women & Girls At Risk in Kentucky - Population Reference Bureau 5
BREAKING THE SILENCE • PROTECTING LIBERTY • CELEBRATING DIGNITY 6
BREAKING THE SILENCE • PROTECTING LIBERTY • CELEBRATING DIGNITY U.S. STATE FGM/C CRIMINAL LAWS Only 35 states have laws against FGM/C 7
BREAKING THE SILENCE • PROTECTING LIBERTY • CELEBRATING DIGNITY Sen. Adams Bill • Female genital mutilation on a minor = Class A felony Bans trafficking a girl across state lines for FGM • • Provides education and outreach to communities and professionals likely to encounter cases of FGM • Mandates training for law enforcement • Revokes license of medical providers convicted of FGM Provides for a civil action for survivors up to 10 years past their 18 th • birthday • Defines FGM as child abuse • Includes mandatory reporting of FGM 8
It is a matter of principle that women are free and equal. -Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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