up the issue with india in the next cyclethe joint submission to the upr by wespeakout and equality now and signed by organisations like sahiyo south asia forum for freedom of religion or belief institute of islamic studies and the yp foundation that have been rallying against the harmful practice of fgm outlined the gaps in protection of the rights of women and girls in india activists expressed readiness to do whatever is required of us to formulate such a national planwe are also working on a draft antifgm bill and will be advocating with central and state governments to pass a law and action plan against fgm as recommended in the upr said ranalvi with the hope that even if the central government waits on criminalization individual states can criminalise the practice with necessary amendments