There are no extensive datasets on the prevalence of female genital cutting (FGC) in Sri Lanka. Small-scale surveys indicate that FGC is practised by some, but not all, Muslim communities across Sri Lanka, particularly Moors, Malays and Dawoodi Bohras. Data in this Short Report are from surveys carried out in 2019 by the Family Planning Association of Sri Lanka (FPA Sri Lanka),1 a non-governmental organisation (NGO), and in 2021 by the Centre for Australian Public and Population Health Research2 in conjunction with the Department of Community Medicine at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (hereinafter referred to as the Reproductive Health survey/report). Both of these involved qualitative analyses of focus groups and informant interviews. These data have been supplemented, where relevant, by data from two surveys conducted by NGOs in India, which relate only to the Dawoodi Bohra community.
