Italy’s commitment to ending female genital mutilation and supporting UNFPA’s core resources
New York, UNITED NATIONS – The Government of Italy has contributed €2.5 million to UNFPA's core resources and €4 million to the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Elimination Female Genital Mutilation, reinforcing its support of the reproductive health and rights of women and girls around the world.
2023 Annual Report of FGM Joint Programme: Addressing global challenges with local solutions to eliminate female genital mutilation
The 2023 annual report adopts a theme of “addressing global challenges with local solutions to eliminate FGM”. It focuses on engagement with women-led organizations as sources and agents of change in ending FGM, one of the “high 5s” in Phase IV of the Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation: Delivering the Global Promise to End Female Genital Mutilation by 2030.
Somali survivors of female genital mutilation advocate to change minds – and lives
MOGADISHU, Somalia – “I used to feel fear when it was night time,” mother-of-two Nurto Abdi Osman told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency.
Raising the voices of survivors to create a generation free from female genital mutilation in Ethiopia
DALOCHA DISTRICT, Ethiopia – When she was fourteen, Zekia discovered that her parents were secretly preparing for her older sister to undergo female genital mutilation.
Breaking the cycle for survivors: UNFPA offers counselling and support to abandon female genital mutilation in Yemen
HADRAMOUT GOVERNORATE, Yemen – “I lost my baby in front of my eyes,” said Safia*, a young woman from a remote village in Hadramout, Yemen. Safia’s marriage had been arranged for her 21st birthday. One year later, she was pregnant.