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The '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a United Nations-sponsored annual awareness day that takes place on 6 February as part of the UN's efforts to eradicate [[FGM|female genital mutilation]]. It was first introduced in 2003.<ref name=Feldman2009>{{REFweb
 |first=Charlotte
 |last=Feldman-Jacobs
 |publisher=Population Reference Bureau, February 2009
 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213125942/http://www.prb.org/Articles/2009/fgmc.aspx
 |title=Commemorating International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
 |date=2010-02-13
 |accessdate=2020-01-24}}</ref>

== [[Double standard]] ==
This day is used by many politicians to take a personal stand on the topic of female genital mutilation. From the point of view of [[intactivism]] it is particularly interesting whether these positions consider [[FGM]] in isolation from [[MGM]], possibly even vehemently deny parallels, or whether they consider the connection between all forms of genital mutilation in children reveal.

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* {{URLwikipedia|International_Day_of_Zero_Tolerance_for_Female_Genital_Mutilation|International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation|2020-01-24}}

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[[Category:Campaign day]]
[[Category:Genital mutilation]]

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