Violates right to equality: it is violative of Article 15 of the Indian constitution as FGM is discriminative towards women and girls. https://www.hindustantimes.com/static/fgm-indias-dark-secret/ E. Weir, "Female genital mutilation," Cmaj, 2000. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/female-genital-mutilation "5 ways female genital mutilation undermines the health of women and girls." https://www.unfpa.org/news/5-ways-female-genital-mutilation-undermines-health-women-and-girls "Ending female genital mutilation." [11][12] Now, people from these countries, where FGM is banned, may fly to India to practice FGM as India has no law till now. So, India needs to ban FGM to save numerous girls and women from this suffering as well as to give justice to those who are victims of "the painful secret."

Source: The Guardian June 20, 2024 11:28 UTC