News

General Assembly Committee Calls for Stronger Global Efforts to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Community discussions focusing on human rights are integral to collective decisions to abandon FGM in Senegal, one of the countries in the Joint Programme. Photo: UNFPA

30 November 2012

News

Using the Opportunity of the General Assembly to Speak Out Against FGM/C

The organizers of the panel, Madame Chantal Boni Yay, First Lady of Benin, and Madame Chantal Campaore, the First Lady of Burkina Faso,  are pictured here with UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin.

24 September 2012

News

In Sudan: Changing Labels, Changing Lives

These uncut girls, in their Saleema colors, are being celebrated for their status as being "perfect, whole, as God made them".

15 June 2012

News

Tide is Turning Against Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

In the past, almost all Somali girls were cut.  But the Joint Programme aims to change that for the next generation

22 May 2012

In the News

Executive Director, Angelique Kidjo Call for an End to Female Genital Mutilation

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo and UNFPA Executive Director, Babatunde Osotimehin at a press conference in support of Global Efforts to End Female Genital Mutilation. Photo: UNICEF/JC McIlwaine

29 February 2012

In the News

'Cultural Tradition' is No Excuse for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talking about the progress toward ending female genital mutilation/cutting.

17 February 2012

Statement

Renewing Commitment to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

06 February 2012

Press Release

2,000 More African Communities End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in 2011

06 February 2012

News

Sudan: The Campaign against Cutting Goes to School

The Joint Programme is working to protect young girls like these from the trauma of female genital mutilation/cutting.

02 February 2012

News

Two More Corners of Ethiopia Call for an End to Genital Cutting

A group of girls disavowed female genital mutilation/cutting at a declaration ceremony in the Argoba district.

02 February 2012

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