Baseline Study Report Summary Baseline Study Report Summary Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting and Child Marriage among the Rendille, Maasai, Pokot, Samburu and Somali Communities in Kenya a Baseline Study Report: Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting and Child Marriage among the Rendille, Maasai, Pokot, Samburu and Somali Communities in Kenya ©United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Nairobi, 2017 UNICEF Kenya Office P.O. Box 44145-00100 GPO Nairobi Prepared by Information Research Solutions Lantana Court, Ground Floor Lantana Road, Off Rhapta Road P.O. Box 1282 – 00606 Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 (020) 24 830 16/26 Email address:
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[email protected] Cover photograph: ©UNICEF/KENA00454/Noorani Baseline Study Report Summary Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting and Child Marriage among the Rendille, Maasai, Pokot, Samburu and Somali Communities in Kenya Baseline Study Report Summary Foreword In recognition that Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is not only a harmful practice but a violation of human rights, Kenya has adopted a robust legal framework. The country has ratified several international legal instruments that have become part of the Kenyan law as provided for in Article 2 of the constitution. Further to the provisions of the constitution, the government has enacted the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act, 2011. The law provides the framework for public engagement and advocacy for accelerating the eradication of FGM.