{"id":3062,"date":"2020-07-02T16:51:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T15:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2020\/07\/number-of-women-and-girls-subjected-to-harmful-practices-still-growing\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T12:56:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T11:56:46","slug":"number-of-women-and-girls-subjected-to-harmful-practices-still-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2020\/07\/number-of-women-and-girls-subjected-to-harmful-practices-still-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of women and girls subjected to harmful practices still growing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light curved-bottom\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sierra-Leone-woman-with-baby-banner.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sierra Leone woman with baby banner\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sierra-Leone-woman-with-baby-banner.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sierra-Leone-woman-with-baby-banner-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sierra-Leone-woman-with-baby-banner-1024x384.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sierra-Leone-woman-with-baby-banner-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Sierra-Leone-woman-with-baby-banner-1536x576.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title\">Number of women and girls subjected to harmful practices still growing<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2020-07-02T16:51:15+01:00\">2 July 2020<\/time><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"lead\">The latest UNFPA State of the World Population report shows that every year, millions of women and girls across the world are still subjected to violent and harmful practices, including the three most prevalent: child marriages, female genital mutilation, and son preference and gender-biased sex selection. Due to population growth and stagnating progress towards gender equality, the number of victims is still on the rise.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/church-of-the-king-635749-unsplash_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4077\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Violating Rights\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The report, titled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/pub-pdf\/UNFPA_PUB_2020_EN_State_of_World_Population.pdf\">Against My Will: Defying the Practises that Harm Women and Girls and Undermine Equality<\/a>&#8220;, notes that millions of women and girls continue to be subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) every year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe proportion of women and girls subjected to FGM is decreasing overall, but the number of women and girls subjected to it is growing because of population growth. That number could grow from 4.1 million in 2020 to 4.6 million a year by 2030, since the cohort of girls in many high-prevalence countries is growing.&#8221; &#8211; UNFPA, 2020<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>In countries that have passed laws against FGM, the practice has been driven underground. The report notes that laws are not enough &#8211; change is driven at a grassroots level, when communities understand the harm that is inflicted by these practices and the benefits that the whole of the community can experience if they are ended.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Limiting Autonomy<\/h2>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Despite the almost universal ban against child marriage, the UNFPA report states that such unions still happen around 33,000 times a day, every day, across the globe. 650 million girls and women that are alive today were married as children, the report says. This practice is most often imposed upon girls without consent by family or community members. When a girl is married, she is more likely to experience early, repeated pregnancies and childbirth, and pregnancy-related deaths continue to be the leading cause of mortality for girls between 15 and 19 years old.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBeyond limiting a girl\u2019s education and earning potential, child marriage undermines her ability to make autonomous choices about her own body and future. Married girls have earlier pregnancies, more pregnancies, and closer together pregnancies.\u201d &#8211; UNFPA, 2020<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Harmful practices are not limited to the developing world. Although child marriage is illegal in the UK, during 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/882532\/Forced_Marriage_Unit_Statistics_2018_revised_final.pdf\">almost a third of the calls received by the UK\u2019s Forced Marriages Unit concerned children<\/a>. And between 2000 and 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.frontline.org\/child-marriage-by-the-numbers\/\">more than 200,000 minors were married in the United States<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Erasing Girls<\/h2>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The report also shows that a strong preference for sons over daughters still exists in many countries. This has led to gender-biased sex selection or neglect, resulting in 140 million \u201cmissing females\u201d. When men far outweigh women, social problems emerge.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The effects of sex ratio imbalances ripple throughout societies and help perpetuate the gender inequality that led to them in the first place.&#8221; &#8211; UNFPA, 2012<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mixed Progress<\/h2>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There has been some reduction of these practices in countries where they have been most prevalent. However, continued population growth means that a larger number of women and girls than ever before will be subjected to such practices in the coming decades, unless rapid action is taken by the global community.<\/p>\n\n<p>The report adds that the continued existence of these practices is a reflection of the position of women and girls in society. It has been estimated that it will take another 100 years to close the overall gender gap, and women and girls across the world continue to lack bodily autonomy and equal access to sexual and reproductive health services.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>In 57 countries, almost half of women aged 15 to 49 years who are married or in a union <a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2020\/04\/03\/millions-women-have-no-say-over-what-happens-their-bodies\">have no decision-making power<\/a> regarding their sex lives, and the use of contraceptives and reproductive health services.<\/p>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Child marriage and female genital mutilation could be eradicated within a decade by doubling down on efforts to ensure that girls remain in school and that both girls and boys receive relationships and sex education, teaching them about healthy relationships, human rights and consent, the report notes. <a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/2020\/05\/29\/how-much-would-it-cost-end-worst-gender-inequalities\">Investments of $3.4 billion<\/a> over the next decade would be required to end these practices and as a result, stop the suffering of an estimated 84 million girls.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>Until investments are made into women and girls and they are empowered to make their own decisions about their lives and bodies, millions will be at risk from profound harm and unable to fulfil their potential.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-popmat-share\"><a class=\"fb-share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulationmatters.org%2Fnews%2F2020%2F07%2Fnumber-of-women-and-girls-subjected-to-harmful-practices-still-growing%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div>\n  \nShare<\/div><\/a><a class=\"tw-share\" 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