Top 5 things you didn’t know about female genital mutilation
Despite being internationally recognized as a human rights violation, some 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone FGM. Here's what you need to know.
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Manual on Social Norms and Change (2016)
This manual is meant for training programme managers to promote the abandonment of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). It has been designed under a joint programme of the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Children’s Fund. The Joint Programme applies an innovative approach to FGM/C abandonment, using a social norms perspective to guide the selection of an appropriate mix of strategies and activities most conducive to self-sustained social change.
Demographic Perspectives on Female Genital Mutilation
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is the practice of partially or totally removing the external genital organs for non-medical reasons. It violates the human rights of girls and women, and causes serious and, in some cases, life-threatening health complications.