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A story of violence: 16 objects show the reality of gender-based violence around the world

Tatiana’s family in Ukraine was torn apart by her husband’s abuses. He is gone now, but she and her six children are still trying to rebuild in this small home. “The children – I live for them,” Tatiana said. © UNFPA Ukraine/Maks Levin

22 November 2017

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Men take a stand against gender-based violence in Azerbaijan

An initiative is bringing men together to address gender-based violence and the inequalities that fuel it. © UNFPA Azerbaijan

27 October 2017

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UN and EU launch global effort to end violence against women

Svitlana Tavantseva (right) counsels survivors of violence in Ukraine. Too often, she says, women are shamed rather than perpetrators. © UNFPA Ukraine/Maks Levin

22 September 2017

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Escape at dawn: running away from child marriage and FGM in Kenya

Faith (centre) with her friends Sylvia (right) and Vivian, who all ran away from home to avoid female genital mutilation and child marriage. © UNFPA Kenya/Douglas Waudo

06 September 2017

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For many girls, school holidays means FGM “cutting season”

Asha Ali Ibrahim, a local circumciser, with her granddaughter, who is due to be cut this year. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin

10 August 2017

Annual Report

2016 Annual Report of FGM Joint Programme: By the Numbers

Number of pages: 78

Publication date: 26 Jul 2017

Author: UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Publication Date: 2017

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Seventeen Ways to End FGM/C

Lessons from the field

Number of pages: 79

Publication date: 01 Jul 2017

Author: UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

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Efforts to end FGM must be intensified, leaders urge

Shaimaa Ahmed Ali teaches members of her community about the harms of female genital mutilation (FGM). © UNFPA Egypt/Sima Diab

17 March 2017

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Former Ugandan circumciser says she will never go back to performing FGM

23 February 2017

Statement

The world must make faster progress to end female genital mutilation by 2030

06 February 2017

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A story of violence: 16 objects show the reality of gender-based violence around the world

Men take a stand against gender-based violence in Azerbaijan

UN and EU launch global effort to end violence against women

Escape at dawn: running away from child marriage and FGM in Kenya

For many girls, school holidays means FGM “cutting season”

2016 Annual Report of FGM Joint Programme: By the Numbers

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Seventeen Ways to End FGM/C

Lessons from the field

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