QUESTION-International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is observed on which day ?
(a)5 MAY
(b)10 APRIL
(c)6 FEBRUARY
(d)28 SEPTEMBER
ANS-c
RELATED FACTS-
- 6 February marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for female genital mutilation (FGM).
- This year’s theme is “Accelerating Investment to End FGM”.
- Female genital mutilation is a violation of girls’ rights and can lead to serious health complications and even death.
- At least 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation worldwide.
- An additional 2 million girls could be at risk by 2030 due to COVID-19, resulting in a 33 per cent reduction in the progress toward ending this harmful practice.
- FMG is practised in many African nations, Southern Kurdistan, Yemen, the Middle East, Indonesia, and Mumbai in India, among other places.
- The International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation aims to create awareness about the practice to fully eliminate it by 2030, as per UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 5.
By-akash singh
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