Charts show progress in that female genital mutilation/cutting, still common in many countries, is declining.
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2,000 More African Communities End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in 2011
06 February 2012
UNITED NATIONS, New York— Almost 2,000 communities across Africa have abandoned female genital mutilation/cutting in 2011. This brought the total number of communities renouncing the practice to 8,000 over the last few years, according to new findings by UNFPA and UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund. -
Sudan: The Campaign against Cutting Goes to School
02 February 2012
GADARIF, Sudan — When Ahfad University for Women in Omdurman began offering a course in community development in the 1990s meant for mature, illiterate women farmers, the main goal was to expand the students’ role in the economic life of their communities. -
Two More Corners of Ethiopia Call for an End to Genital Cutting
02 February 2012
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — In a ceremony of poetry, drama and music, the Buremudaytu and Argoba districts in the Afar region officially abandoned female genital mutilation/cutting earlier this month. - More news
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