The Heartland Alliance, an international non-government organization based in the US, surveyed a sample of 5990 mothers of girls aged 4 to 14 from the four governorates of the Kurdish region of Iraq Erbil, Dohuk, Suleymania and Halabja. The decline in FGM rates was found across all regions and in all education and income groups.“ (Bericht auf Stop FGM Middle East: „Heartland study shows steep decline of FGM rates in Iraqi Kurdistan“)
