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More Communities in Senegal Disavow Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting

31 January 2012
The young women of Pata (in the Kolda region of southwest Senegal) are active in the campaign to end female genital mutilation/cutting.
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Griots Help Reduce Cutting in Guinea

23 November 2011
Traditional griots during an awareness-raising session on the dangers of cutting.
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Proposed Centre Would Address Many Aspects of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

21 October 2011
Nafissatou Diop, coordinator of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme
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International Conference on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Aims to Accelerate Change

18 October 2011
Researchers,policymakers, academicians and representatives from UN agencies and civil society converged in Nairobi to review ways to accelerate abandonment of FGM/C
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In the News

Senegal Curbs a Traditional Rite, African-Style

17 October 2011
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Two Districts in Northern Ethiopia Declare an End to Female Genital Cutting

20 February 2011
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Key UNFPA Priorities Highlighted Throughout the Commission on the Status of Women

03 March 2011
This year's Commission on the Status of Women focused on access to education, training, science and technology. Photo: Lynsey Addario.
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African Law Students Argue Against Criminalization of HIV Transmission

12 October 2010
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Statement

Reproductive Health and Rights: Perspectives for Further Development in Africa

27 July 2010
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Work with Agents of Change to Promote Women’s Rights, Says UNFPA

05 March 2010
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