 A 2011 Kurdish law criminalized FGM practice in Iraqi Kurdistan and law was accepted four years later.MICS reported in 2011 that in Iraq, FGM was found mostly among the Kurdish areas in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Kirkuk, giving the country a national prevalence of eight percent.However, other Kurdish areas like Dohuk and some parts of Ninewa were almost free from FGM.