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Somali survivors of female genital mutilation advocate to change minds – and lives
26 February 2024Brief on the medicalization of female genital mutilation
Resource date: 18 June 2018
Author: UNFPA
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Dropping the knife: One woman joins the fight for women’s rights in the Gambia
06 February 2017News
In Colombia, efforts to end FGM are empowering women to be leaders
01 February 2017News
Local Egyptian heroine aims to end “huge” suffering caused by FGM
18 July 2016News
Gender equality key to ending dangerous and discriminatory practices
16 March 2015News
A silent epidemic: The fight to end female genital mutilation in Colombia
09 February 2016Video
Abandoning FGM: Amina and Desta’s story
March 19, 2015Learn 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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Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting video
February 24, 2010Examines the practice of FGM/C and strategies employed by UNFPA and UNICEF to encourage communities to abandon it. The two agencies, working closely with governments, NGOs, religious leaders and small community groups, aim to bring about an end to the practice.
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Senegal: Beyond Tradition
March 17, 2011Dialyma's father had forbidden his mother to cut his daughter. The grandmother cut Dialyma against her wishes. Now her father has joined a growing movement fighting to end female genital mutilation. He says change must come from the grassroots.