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UN Agencies Encourage Enforcement of FGM/C Ban After Girl’s Death

11 June 2013
A counsellor in Egypt holds up cards used to educate women about female genital mutilation (FGM) in Minia in this photo from 2006. REUTERS
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Calling for an End to the Many Forms of Violence Against Women and Girls

06 March 2013
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, centre, is flanked by executive leaders from UNDP, UNESCO, UN Women, UNFPA and the UNHCHR at a panel that called for joint action to end violence against women. Photo © Ilona Lalova/UNFPA
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Interview with Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA

20 February 2013
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Interview with Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA

19 February 2013
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Hanging Out with Experts on Ending Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting

12 February 2013
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FGM is About Culture not Religion: Executive Director Interview

08 February 2013
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General Assembly Committee Calls for Stronger Global Efforts to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

30 November 2012
<p>Community discussions focusing on human rights are integral to collective decisions to abandon FGM in Senegal, one of the countries in the Joint Programme. <i>Photo: UNFPA</i> </p>
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Using the Opportunity of the General Assembly to Speak Out Against FGM/C

24 September 2012
<p>The organizers of the panel, Madame Chantal Boni Yay, First Lady of Benin, and Madame Chantal Campaore, the First Lady of Burkina Faso,&nbsp; are pictured here with UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin.</p>
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In Sudan: Changing Labels, Changing Lives

15 June 2012
<p>These uncut girls, in their <i>Saleema</i> colors, are being celebrated for their status as being "perfect, whole, as God made them".</p>
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Tide is Turning Against Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

22 May 2012
In the past, almost all Somali girls were cut.&nbsp; But the Joint Programme aims to change that for the next generation
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