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Snatched from her home, an Afghan girl's road to recovery

21 April 2015
Zarmina and her mother. Some members of their family have blamed Zarmina for the abduction, but her mother has stood by her. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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Eliminating FGM one midwife at a time

09 April 2015
Edna Adan visits a maternal and child health center during a community outreach activity in Gumburaha. © Arthur Nazaryan/Delphin Films
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Video

Abandoning FGM: Amina and Desta’s story

March 19, 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.

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Finding justice for survivors of gender-based violence in Somalia

25 February 2015
A volunteer works in the community police unit in Garowe, Somalia. ©UNFPA/Pilirani Semu-Banda
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On Valentine’s Day, young people around the world say #IDONT to child marriage

14 February 2015
School girls say #IDONT. Photo shared by Action Health Incorporated, a Nigeria-based youth organization.
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Empowering women to lead the change: One woman’s fight against FGM

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

International Day of the Girl Child 2015

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Resources

Engaging Midwives in the Global Campaign to End Female Genital Mutilation

Resource date: 01 November 2014

Author: UNFPA

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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.

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Taking Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Out of the Cultural Mosaic of Kenya

22 April 2010
The rate of FGM/C is declining in Theraka villages where Ntano Na Mugambo or circumcision with words, is substituting for a cut.
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Ugandan Communities Scrutinize a Violent – Sometimes Deadly – Rite of Passage

01 February 2013
These schoolchildren in the Moroto district, where FGM/C is still prevalent, were shown a video that explains the negative consequences of the practice. In the past, this information was hidden from them
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