Annual Report
Accelerating Change: 2008 Annual Report
UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme to Accelerate the Abandonment of FGM/C
Number of pages: 32
Publication date: 01 Jan 2009
Author: UNFPA and UNICEF
Publisher: UNFPA
Annual Report
Number of pages: 32
Publication date: 01 Jan 2009
Author: UNFPA and UNICEF
Publisher: UNFPA
This is the first annual report of the Joint Programme, whose objective is to contribute to a 40 per cent reduction of the practice among girls aged 0-15 years, in key countries, with at least one country declared free of FGM/C by 2012. Although it aims to cover 17 countries where female genital cutting/mutilation is most prevalent, in 2008, the programme addressed the issue in eight countries key countries: Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya,Senegal and Sudan.
Significant progress was made during the first year in the following areas: