Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) prevalence rate in the country has reduced from an overall 11. 7 per cent to 3. 8 per cent. The Upper West Region has the highest prevalence of 50. 5 per cent. Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Caretaker Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection said this in a speech read on her behalf during the celebration of the Day of the African Child in Accra.

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