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|Text=In June 2019 the Finnish government established a government program with a gender neutral aim on [[genital autonomy ]] for children:
* "The government will ensure sufficient resources for the work against genital mutilation." and
* "Intersex children's right to self-determination will be strengthened and cosmetic, non-medical surgeries on young childrens' genital will no longer be performed."
The government program was re-established in December and the same wording remained. In November, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare published a new action plan named "Non-violent Childhood" with reference to the government program.
In chapter 14, the action plan has specific goals on all children's [[genital autonomy ]] which conclude that non-medical genital cutting of children can be carried out only when the person[s] themselves can give to it, based on a full understanding of the procedure.
For the [[WWDOGA|Worldwide Day of Genital Autonomy]] my message will be: