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Mali conflict carries heavy toll for pregnant women amid rising insecurity

Women and girls at the displacement site in Socoura, in central Mali, where hundreds of families are taking refuge after fleeing violence in their villages.
  • 06 March 2024
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Somali survivors of female genital mutilation advocate to change minds – and lives

UNFPA and UNICEF’s Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation works with grassroots activists to encourage communities to abandon the practice. © UNFPA Somalia
  • 26 February 2024
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Raising the voices of survivors to create a generation free from female genital mutilation in Ethiopia

Zekia is advocating against female genital mutilation among her community and at school in the Dalocha district, in Ethiopia’s Central region. © UNFPA Ethiopia/MOPIX Production
  • 08 February 2024
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Breaking the cycle for survivors: UNFPA offers counselling and support to abandon female genital mutilation in Yemen

Safia seeks help at a UNFPA-supported youth-friendly service centre. ©UNFPA Yemen
  • 05 February 2024
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Consultancy- To provide technical support in secondary data analysis, synthesis and use into programmatic interventions for the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation, GHRB, Technical Division 

  • Level: Consultant
  • Contract Type: Consultancy
  • Closing date: 29 Feb 2024 05:00 PM (America/New_York)
  • Duty station: Remote

Publication

Technical Note: Developing Anti-FGM Laws Aligned with Human Rights

Number of pages: 32

Publication date: 31 Dec 2023

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF

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Women in Guinea-Bissau speak out against female genital mutilation: “I’m lucky to be alive”

Djenabu Sano works with UNFPA across 20 communities to to speak out about the dangers of female genital mutilation. She suffered a haemorrhage in all four of her childbirths due to having been subject to the harmful practice when she was younger. © Aleke Ogbada Junior/UNFPA Guinea-Bissau
  • 13 September 2023
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Statement

World will miss target of ending FGM by 2030 without urgent action – including from men and boys

02 February 2023

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Resources

Factors associated with the perception of ease and intention to practice female genital mutilation on daughters: A cross-sectional study of cross-border communities in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Uganda

Resource date: Jul 2023

Publisher: UNFPA

This study addresses cross-border female genital mutilation (FGM) practice, cross-border FGM takes place when communities cross national borders to perform FGM, circumvent laws and avoid prosecution. Using data from a recent cross-border study, this paper aims to identify factors associated with the perception of the ease of cross-border FGM and the intention to perform FGM on daughters and female relatives in the border communities of Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda.

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