Abandoning FGM: Amina and Desta’s story

Published on: 19/03/2015

Learn about female genital mutilation from the sisters Amina and Desta. UNFPA and UNICEF lead the Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, the largest global programme to accelerate the abandonment of female genital mutilation.

Resources

Driving Forces in Outlawing the Practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Kenya, Uganda and Guinea-Bissau

Resource date: Oct 2013

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News

Empowering women to lead the change: One woman’s fight against FGM

A network of women advocates in Doka, Sudan. They are committed to ending FGM in their community. © UNFPA
  • 05 February 2015
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News

The start of a movement: Girls rising up against FGM

A march against FGM. The participants are graduates and supporters of a rite of passage that serves as an alternative to FGM. © UNFPA/Mandela Gregoire
  • 06 February 2015
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Resources

Engaging Midwives in the Global Campaign to End Female Genital Mutilation

Resource date: Nov 2014

Author: UNFPA

UNFPA is mobilizing midwives in the prevention female genital mutilation (FGM) and in caring for its consequences, through a joint initiative in the context of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on FGM/C and the UNFPA Midwifery Programme. Building on the expertise and networks of the two global programmes, UNFPA will empower midwives to serve as role models, counselors and advocates in the campaign to end FGM.

Extracts from "True Story" - FGM/C

Published on: 18/03/2013

Extracts from "True Story" - FGM/C

#endFGM: "It's because of my education that I have not been circumcised."

Published on: 23/10/2013

#endFGM: "It's because of my education that I have not been circumcised." 

#endFGM: "Well. I am now a dead person. But I would not circumcis

Published on: 23/10/2013

#endFGM: "Well. I am now a dead person. But I would not circumcis

#endFGM: "Who wants to see that 'thing' sitting there? The top part

Published on: 23/10/2013

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#endFGM: "We circumsise them within a day."

Published on: 23/10/2013

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