Country | Burkina Faso |
Year | 2016 - 2020 |
Type of Measure | Violence against women > Legislation |
Form of Violence | Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) |
As a result of the effective implementation of the Law No. 025-2018/AN of 31 May 2018 on the Criminal Code, 195 men and women were tried and sentenced from 2016 to 2020, including 11 practitioners who received firm sentences ranging from 2 months to 24 months, suspended sentences ranging from 6 to 36 months and fines ranging from 150,000 to 900,000 francs.