News

5 ways female genital mutilation undermines the health of women and girls

20 May 2019
Midwifery students at the Hargeisa Institute of Health Sciences in Somaliland learn how to assist in case of childbirth complications caused by female genital mutilation. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
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Ifrah Ahmed speaks out about FGM

March 20, 2019

At a UNFPA-supported photo exhibition on the harms of female genital mutilation, advocate Ifrah Ahmed spoke about her own experience and her efforts to end the practice.

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Top 5 things you didn’t know about female genital mutilation

05 February 2019
Asha lays out the tools she uses to perform female genital mutilation in Somalia. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
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For girls escaping FGM in rural Tanzania, crowdsourced maps show the way to safety

22 October 2018
Ending FGM takes a multi-pronged approach – from offering a refuge for girls at acute risk to engaging families and communities to raise awareness of the harm it causes, and transform the social norms that uphold the practice. Here, girls in Tanzania’s Mara region participate in an alternative rites of passage camp at the UNFPA-supported Masanga Centre. © UNFPA/Mandela Gregoire
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Girls are saying no to FGM – and they need political champions

09 October 2018
“The solutions are there. The girls are there. They are working,” said anti-FGM advocate Aissata Camara (right), calling for political support to accelerate the elimination of the practice. © UNFPA/Usenabasi Esiet
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Resources

Brief on the medicalization of female genital mutilation

Resource date: 18 June 2018

Author: UNFPA

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Courageous girls change attitudes about FGM in Ethiopia

01 March 2018
Uncut girls club members come together to change attitudes about FGM in the community. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Meron Negash
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I said no to FGM: Latty

February 6, 2018

Latty, a 14-year-old girl from Burkina Faso, calls on the international community to work together to end female genital mutilation (FGM). Learn more here. 

Resources

Bending the curve: FGM trends we aim to change

Resource date: 06 February 2018

Author: UNFPA

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If FGM continues to be practised at current levels, 68 million girls will be subjected to FGM by 2030.

New data shows the numbers are larger, and increasing.

Prior estimates did not include data from Indonesia, thereby underestimating the number of girls having FGM each year in high-risk countries. Prior estimates indicated approximately 3.2 million girls have FGM per year.

Why will the number increase? Because of population growth among young girls in 25 countries where FGM is prevalent and relevant data are available.

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