In 2013 there were 56,232 women and girls in Norway who have emigrated from countries where it is known that female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) occurs.
A minimum estimate of the number of women in Norway subjected to FGM/C are 14,830 women. This is calculated based on the assumption that the probability that a woman has undergone FGM/C equals the national prevalence in her country of origin if she immigrated to Norway after the age of 15. The probability of FGM/C is assumed to be zero for those who immigrated to Norway before they turned 15.
Based on common age for FGM/C and prevalence FGM/C, based on the common age in their parents’ country of origin. in the women’s country of origin it is likely that 17,306 women and girls in Norway have been sub- jected to FGM/C prior to immigration. This repre- sents half of the women from countries where it is known that FGM/C occurs and where the preva- lence is known. In addition, it constitutes 6.1 percent of all immigrant women/girls living in Norway in 2013.
There were 297 immigrant girls, who in 2013 were too young to be subjected to FGM/C, according to the common age in their country of origin. I addition, 1,159 girls were at the age where FGM/C usually occurs in their country of origin and 4,763 women and girls have grown up in Norway and are now older than the common age.
There were 11,773 Norwegian-born women and girls in Norway in 2013, whose parents are from countries where FGM/C occurs. Of these, 3,925 girls were in the age where FGM/C usually occurs in their parents’ country of origin. Further, 3,563 were older than the common age in their parents’ country of origin and 2,565 were still too young for FGM/C, based on the common age in their parents’ country of origin