Joint Press Release of the task force and the BDK to Action against female genital mutilation on 06 February
Berlin / Hamburg, 02.04.2011. International Day for Zero Tolerance to FGM "at 06 February to remind the Task Force and the German Police Union (BDK) the fact that genital mutilation is a largely underestimated problem of girls in Germany:
Between 30,000 and 50,000 under-age girls in Germany are considered vulnerable, especially during holiday trips to the home country of the parents.
are actually up to 80% of girls from high risk countries such as Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea subjected to the mutilation. In a systematic crimes of this magnitude often required approach of "education and information" is wrong, such as a recent case illustrates:
from the Gambian parents of the now 16-year-old Mariama C. was very well aware that the mutilation in Germany punishable. Precisely for this reason, the girl who lives in Hamburg, together with three sisters brought to Gambia - officially the "holiday" - and there subjected to the mutilation. Despite specific warnings no prior authority responded with appropriate safeguards, such as the withdrawal of the residence determination.
do at all, many youth services (with a few commendable exceptions) difficult to open the family courts with effective measures to prevent this particular abuse. Office staff seems to be a danger not just simply to imagine even in professional and socially well-integrated families - a momentous fallacy (see study on education and social background in criminal groups in Europe http://www.taskforcefgm.de/situation/europa/).
The protection of vulnerable children in Germany can no longer depend on the courageous action of individuals, which provides advice to the authorities perform strongly. To the seriousness and prevalence of crime, this situation is intolerable.
It should, therefore, at last effective government measures are discussed, can provide the comprehensive, measurable protection, such as the introduction of medical reporting requirement (for known or threat of female genital mutilation), combined with an obligation to investigate and the enforcement of family law actions to the actions in the countries of origin to prevent the parents (following the decision of the Supreme Court from 2004, XII ZB 166/03).
contact for editorial questions:
Bernd Carstensen, spokesman BDK Federal Executive, tel 0700 BDK (235) 10000
Simon Black, spokeswoman task force, Phone 01803-767346 (9 ct / min from the dtsch fixed, mobile max 42nd ct / min)
The children's rights organization task force for effective prevention of female genital mutilation Association was founded in 2007 as a nationwide network and is now one of several ministerial meetings of the countries recognized professional organization when it comes to providing information on "genital mutilation" and individual counseling goes.
The aim of the work including the comprehensive protection of underage girls who are threatened in Germany by genital mutilation. Since its creation, initiated and guided the task force several lawsuits that had the protection of girls from such violence to the object.
The Federation of German Detectives (BDK) makes for many years strongly for the protection of children against violence.
place since December 2010, the BDK and the joint task force for the protection of an up to 50,000 girls who are threatened in Germany by genital mutilation (FGM).
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