Brunei

Brunei Darussalam is a small country of less than 6,000 square kilometres and a population of less than half a million. The national language is Malay, and, as Malays comprise 73.5% of the population, it is likely that the practice of sunat is widespread in the country. 

Only recently has the Government of Brunei acknowledged that female circumcision (sunat) occurs in the country. But it does not consider the Brunei practice to be female genital mutilation / cutting. However, Musawah, an international civil-society organisation campaigning for justice in Muslim family law and equal rights for Muslim women, did put forward the issue of FGM/C in its report to the CEDAW in 2014, stating: "Although no official data is available, Musawah has strong reason to believe that FGM/C is widely prevalent in Brunei. All 20 of the respondents that Musawah interviewed had undergone the process; some noted that this was a ‘default’ procedure that occurs in all government hospitals."