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Senegal: Towards Zero FGM/C

This video describes how Senegal adopted a holistic and multi-sectoral, human-rights approach to encouraging communities to abandon female genital mutilation and cutting.

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Avoiding and Mitigating the Health Consequences of FGM/C in Ethiopia AFAR REGION, Ethiopia — Ten-year-old Sadiya Abubakar had suffered for a long time. What should be a natural (Read More)
Ugandan Communities Scrutinize a Violent – Sometimes Deadly – Rite of Passage Four 'good practice' reports, commissioned by UNFPA, suggest that a holistic approach to changing social (Read More)
In Sudan: Changing Labels, Changing Lives Ghalfa, the Sudanese word describing a girl who has not had her genitals ritually cut, carries connotations (Read More)
Two More Corners of Ethiopia Call for an End to Genital Cutting AFAR REGION, Ethiopia — In a ceremony of poetry, drama and music, the Buremudaytu and Argoba districts (Read More)
Sudan: The Campaign against Cutting Goes to School GADARIF, Sudan — When Ahfad University for Women in Omdurman began offering a course in community development (Read More)
More Communities in Senegal Disavow Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting PATA, Senegal — As Senegal edges closer to becoming the first African country to fully abandon female (Read More)
Griots Help Reduce Cutting in Guinea GUINEA — The rite of female genital mutilation/cutting may be hard to end, but it is slowly happening (Read More)
Convincing Egyptian Doctors to 'Do No Harm' This year, the month of June will be a time of celebration in Egypt. Parties will be thrown for young (Read More)
De-Linking Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting from Islam in North East Kenya MADOGO (near Garissa), North East Province, Kenya — In the scorching heat of the midday sun, shaded by (Read More)
Taking Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Out of the Cultural Mosaic of Kenya NAIROBI — When Lina Kilimo ran for the Kenya Parliament in 2002 on a platform of peace, development and (Read More)
Ending Harmful Practices through Community-led Social Change in Senegal Many organizations are working to eliminate female genital mutilation/cutting in Africa. But the organization (Read More)
Abandoning Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the Afar Region of Ethiopia AWASH, Afar Region, Ethiopia — A smile formed on Dohra Ali’s face when she recalled what her eldest daughter (Read More)

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News

11 June 2013 UN Agencies Encourage Enforcement of FGM/C Ban After Girl’s Death A counsellor in Egypt holds up cards used to educate women about female genital mutilation (FGM) in Minia (Read More)
06 March 2013 Calling for an End to the Many Forms of Violence Against Women and Girls NEW YORK -- On day two of the Commission for the Status of Women, the halls of United Nations headquarters (Read More)
19 February 2013 Interview with Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA 19 February 2013 — The growing involvement of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in a range of (Read More)
12 February 2013 Hanging Out with Experts on Ending Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting While the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM/C has been observed for over 20 years, 2013 was (Read More)
08 February 2013 FGM is About Culture not Religion: Executive Director Interview Marzieh Goudarzi interviews UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin. UNITED NATIONS, (IPS) (Read More)
30 November 2012 General Assembly Committee Calls for Stronger Global Efforts to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting UNITED NATIONS -- The Third Committee of the General Assembly this week adopted a resolution calling (Read More)
24 September 2012 Using the Opportunity of the General Assembly to Speak Out Against FGM/C A high-level side event at the 67 Session of the UN General Assembly called for increased commitment (Read More)
15 June 2012 In Sudan: Changing Labels, Changing Lives Ghalfa, the Sudanese word describing a girl who has not had her genitals ritually cut, carries connotations (Read More)
22 May 2012 Tide is Turning Against Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting For centuries, female genital mutilation or cutting has been practiced throughout much of Africa. But (Read More)
29 February 2012 Executive Director, Angelique Kidjo Call for an End to Female Genital Mutilation UNITED NATIONS, New York --- A senior United Nations official and the renowned singer-songwriter Angélique (Read More)

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Infographics

FGM Public Declarations

FGM Public Declarations

FGM rates dropping

FGM rates dropping

Younger women have lower rates than older women

Younger women have lower rates than older women

Prevalence of FGM/C among women aged 15-49 in Africa

Prevalence of FGM/C among women aged 15-49 in Africa

Publications

Rising Up for Rights for Women and Girls In Senegal, the movement to end female genital mutilation/cutting is reaching the most remote places. (Read More)
Accelerating Change: 2011 Annual Report The 2011 report shows that the pace of abandonment of female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C), (Read More)
Research, Health Care and Preventive Measures for FGM/C and the Strengthening of Leadership and Research in Africa The conference documented in this report gave those working across a range of fields towards ending female (Read More)
Social and Cultural Determinants on Sexual and Reproductive Health Several reports commissioned by UNFPA offices provide insights into socio-cultural (including religious) (Read More)
Global Strategy to Stop Health-Care Providers from Performing FGM This publication discusses the global scale and recognition of the problem of female genital mutilation, (Read More)
Accelerating Change: 2010 Annual Report This report documents progress during the third year of the Joint Programme. In 2010, the programme was (Read More)
The End is in Sight: 2009 Annual Report In 2009, the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Abandonment of FGM/C expanded activities to reach 12 (Read More)

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