A violation of the rights of girls and women, female genital mutilation is a cruel and unnecessary practice. UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund run the largest global program to eliminate ...
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How Community Radio Stations Are Raising Awareness of FGM and Violence Against Women and Girls
GANTA, Liberia - Community radio stations are a key way of raising awareness about sexual and gender-based violence, and how to prevent and report it. Meet Ruth Jeffrey and Emmanuel S. Woleh, two ...
Interviews and focus groups show that VSLAs are perceived as a real opportunity for economic empowerment for female genital mutilators and other women in the villages. Many explain that access to ...
EMBU COUNTY, KENYA: The Embu County Government has kicked off quarterly awareness campaigns meant to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The county will start programmes in schools where ...
Chances are, you’ve never heard of “FGM,” also known as female genital mutilation. For Americans, FGM doesn’t hit particularly close to home. But that doesn’t mean the problem is solved. In fact, ...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 6 February 2015. The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) joins the UN and members of civil society in calling for an end to Female Genital ...
Conversations on social media about female genital mutilation (FGM) have not changed dramatically over the five years to 2020, according to an analysis of English Twitter data, though there was a ...
“I was thrown a big party before my cutting. I had my hair done and I was even given presents,” recalled Hoda Ali, a survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM), who went on to cofound The Vavengers, ...
Female genital mutilation is a harmful practice violating female genital organs for non-medical reasons. It is estimated that in Finland, there are approximately 10,000 girls and women who have ...
Anti-FGM charity 28 Too Many is hoping to boost awareness across the UK about female genital mutilation (FGM) and remind people that practice is not just happening in Africa and the Middle East.
The Home Office has launched a new drive to tackle the “hidden crime” of female genital mutilation. Materials highlighting the potential consequences of the practice will be distributed into ...
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