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Message by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯残割女性生殖器零容忍国际日致辞
6 February 2021
2021年2月6日
Female Genital Mutilation is a terrible human rights violation that affects the health and wellbeing of millions of women and girls around the world.
残割女性生殖器是一种可怕的侵犯人权行为，影响到世界各地数百万妇女和女童的健康与福祉。
Sadly, the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the numbers of girls at risk of this horrific practice. Lockdowns and school closures have left girls highly vulnerable to harm of all kinds, and have hindered efforts to end harmful practices, including FGM.
不幸的是，由于COVID-19大流行，有越来越多的女童面临这一骇人习俗的风险。封锁和学校关闭使女童极易受到各种伤害，并且阻碍了终止有害习俗、包括残割女性生殖器的努力。
Without urgent action, two million more girls could be at risk of FGM between now and 2030 – in addition to the 4 million girls already at risk each year.
每年已有400万名女童面临被残割女性生殖器的风险，若不采取紧急行动，从现在起到2030年，可能另有200万名女童将面临这一风险。
I urge all governments, policy makers, civil society organizations and others to prioritize addressing female genital mutilation in their national COVID-19 responses. FGM is both a form of gender-based violence and a child protection issue.
我敦促所有政府、政策制定者、民间社会组织和其他各方在其国家的COVID-19应对措施中，优先解决残割女性生殖器这一问题。残割女性生殖器既是一种性别暴力形式，又是一个儿童保护问题。
If we are to meet our global target of eliminating FGM by 2030, we need to increase the rate of progress tenfold. This will require some $2.4 billion over the next decade. But the cost of inaction is far higher. Ending FGM is essential to ending violence of all kinds against women and girls and achieving gender equality.
若要实现到2030年根除残割女性生殖器习俗这一全球目标，我们需要将进展速度提高十倍。为此，未来十年需要投入大约24亿美元。但是，不作为的代价远大于此。停止残割女性生殖器对于终止一切形式的暴力侵害妇女和女童行为以及实现性别平等至关重要。
On the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, we raise our voices to say, “Enough!”
值此残割女性生殖器零容忍国际日，我们高声呐喊：“够了！”
We have no time to waste. Let’s unite, fund and act to end female genital mutilation by 2030.
时不我待，分秒必争。让我们团结一心、提供资助并切实行动，实现到2030年终止残割女性生殖器行为的目标。
