Is FGM banned in Senegal?
Specifically banned
FGM is specifically illegal under criminal law provision 22.
Senegal is one of 69 countries classified “Specifically banned” for female genital mutilation — 73% of the 95 with data. (Also searched as FGM.)
Source
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- The Gambia
- Specifically banned FGM is specifically illegal in The Gambia under criminal provision 22 as of 2015.
- Guinea
- Specifically banned FGM is specifically criminalized by law enacted in 2000.
- Mauritania
- Specifically banned FGM is specifically illegal in Mauritania since 2005.
- Sierra Leone
- Specifically banned FGM initiation rites are criminalised, but no national law bans all FGM.
- Mali
- Specifically banned FGM is specifically illegal in Mali as sexual violence under the Penal and Procedural Code.
- Liberia
- Specifically banned Liberia banned FGM for one year which expired in January 2019, but no permanent ban is mentioned.
Other laws in Senegal
- Abortion
- Illegal (with exceptions)
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