Austria has a new Schutz-Brief. It shall keep girls safe from harm. It is about Genital-Verstümmelung. This is a bad injury of the body.
Integrations-Ministerin Claudia Bauer shows the letter. Frauen-Ministerin Eva-Maria Holzleitner is there too. In Österreich, about 11000 girls and women face this danger. Genital-Verstümmelung is strictly forbidden in Österreich.
Who does this crime must go to jail. The punishment is up to 15 years. This rule counts for crimes in other lands too. The Schutz-Brief explains these laws very well.
The paper warns about the bad results. The violence hurts body and soul. The letter is written in simple words. It shall help women and girls.
People find the letter in schools soon. It will lie in doctor offices too. You can find it on the internet. Germany and Switzerland have such letters already.
