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Circumcision of girls and women is a punishable offence in The Faroe Islands. The extent of women in The Faroe Islands who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting is not known.

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This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Faroe Islands statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Faroese statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Faroese-specific metadata information.

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Indicator

5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15–49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation, by age
Target

Target 5.3: Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
Metadata update

2023-03-31
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Related indicators

The prevalence of female genital mutilation can be interpreted alongside other indicators about women’s well-being, including those on women’s health under Goal 3, those on the status of women under Goal 5, and those around violence against women under Goal 16.

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