In the region, the practice of Female Genital Cutting (FGC) is most commonly practiced in Indonesia and traditionally practiced by eight ethnic groups within the country. It is also prevalent among the Bohra Muslim communities in Pakistan and India. Honour killings are common in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Young women and girls who express the desire to marry someone of their own choosing and to further their education become victims of honour killings.

The ICPD PoA called for the total elimination of FGC, the practice of partial or total removal of the female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. There are an estimated 130–140 million girls and women who have been subjected to this practice and 3 million girls are at risk of it every year. Most women who have experienced FGC live in one of the 28 countries in Africa and the Middle East – nearly half of them in just two countries: Egypt and Ethiopia.

Vietnam

  • Centre for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population (CCIHP)

Indonesia

  • Aliansi Satu Visi (ASV);
  • CEDAW Working Group;
  • Hollaback! Jakarta;
  • Institut Kapal Perempuan;
  • Kalyanamitra;
  • Komnas Perempuan;
  • Remaja Independen Papua/Independent Youth
    Forum Papua (FRIP/IYFP);
  • Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI);
  • Perkumpulan Lintas Feminis Jakarta;
  • Perkumpulan Pamflet Generasi;
  • RUTGERS Indonesia;
  • Sanggar SWARA;
  • Women on Web;
  • Yayasan Kesehatan Perempuan (YKP); 
  • YIFOS Indonesia

Maldives

  • Hope for Women
  • Society for Health Education (SHE)
traditional and harmful practices

In the region, the practice of Female Genital Cutting (FGC) is most commonly practiced in Indonesia and traditionally practiced by eight ethnic groups within the country. It is also prevalent among the Bohra Muslim communities in Pakistan and India. Honour killings are common in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Young women and girls who express the desire to marry someone of their own choosing and to further their education become victims of honour killings.

The ICPD PoA called for the total elimination of FGC, the practice of partial or total removal of the female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. There are an estimated 130–140 million girls and women who have been subjected to this practice and 3 million girls are at risk of it every year. Most women who have experienced FGC live in one of the 28 countries in Africa and the Middle East – nearly half of them in just two countries: Egypt and Ethiopia.

Morocco

  • Association Marocaine de Planification Familiale (AMPF),
  • Morocco Family Planning Association

India

  • CommonHealth;
  • Love Matters India;
  • Pravah;
  • Rural Women’s Social Education Centre (RUWSEC);
  • SAHAYOG;
  • Sahaj;
  • Sahiyo;
  • SAMA – Resource Group for Women and Health;
  • WeSpeakOut;
  • The YP Foundation (TYPF)

Lao PDR

  • Lao Women’s Union;
  • The Faculty of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Health
    Sciences (UHS)

Sri Lanka

  • Bakamoono;
  • Women and Media Collective (WMC),
  • Youth Advocacy Network – Sri Lanka (YANSL)

Malaysia

  • Federation of Reproductive Health Associations of Malaysia (FRHAM);
  • Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG);
  • Justice for Sisters (JFS);
  • Reproductive Health Association of
    Kelantan (ReHAK);
  • Reproductive Rights Advocacy Alliance Malaysia (RRAAM);
  • Sisters in Islam (SIS)

Maldives

  • Hope for Women;
  • Society for Health Education (SHE)

Myanmar

  • Colourful Girls Organization;
  • Green Lotus Myanmar

Nepal

  • Beyond Beijing Committee (BBC);
  • Blind Youth Association of Nepal;
  • Blue Diamond Society (BDS);
  • Nepalese Youth for Climate Action (NYCA);
  • Visible Impact;
  • Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC);
  • YPEER Nepal;
  • YUWA

Pakistan

  • Aahung, Centre for Social Policy Development (CSPD);
  • Forum for Dignity Initiative (FDI);
  • Gravity Development Organization; Green Circle Organization;
  • Indus Resources Center (IRC);
  • Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aaghai (ITA);
  • Rehnuma – Family Planning Association Pakistan;
  • Shelter
    Participatory Organisation;
  • Shirkat Gah;
  • The Enlight Lab

Philippines

  • Democratic Socalist Women of the Philippines (DSWP);
  • Galang;
  • Healthcare Without Harm;
  • Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities;
  • Likhaan Centre for Women’s Health;
  • Nisa UI Haqq Fi Bangsamoro;
  • PATH Foundation Inc. (PFPI);
  • Women’s Global Network for
    Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)

Singapore

  • End Female Genital Cutting Singapore
  • Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)

Mongolia

  • MONFEMNET National Network