Where?
Thirty countries worldwide are affected by the issue of female genital mutilation (Utz-Billing and Kentenich, 2009, p. 226). “The practice of female genital mutilation is primarily occurring in “Africa, Middle East and small communities in Asia” (Committee on Bioethics, 2010, p. 1088). “Immigrants from these countries have brought the practices with them to Europe and North America” (Committee of Bioethics, 2011, p. 1088).