News

For many girls, school holidays means FGM “cutting season”

10 August 2017
Asha Ali Ibrahim, a local circumciser, with her granddaughter, who is due to be cut this year. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
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Publications

Seventeen Ways to End FGM/C

Lessons from the field

Number of pages: 79

Publication date: 01 July 2017

Author: UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

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News

Efforts to end FGM must be intensified, leaders urge

17 March 2017
Shaimaa Ahmed Ali teaches members of her community about the harms of female genital mutilation (FGM). © UNFPA Egypt/Sima Diab
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News

Former Ugandan circumciser says she will never go back to performing FGM

23 February 2017
Turutea Chelangat, a former circumciser in eastern Uganda, has renounced FGM. © UNFPA Uganda/Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi
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Statement

The world must make faster progress to end female genital mutilation by 2030

06 February 2017
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News

Dropping the knife: One woman joins the fight for women’s rights in the Gambia

06 February 2017
Aja Babung Sidibeh used to gather girls for the FGM ritual. She comes from a family considered custodians of the tradition. © UNFPA/Kasandi Mulaa
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News

In Colombia, efforts to end FGM are empowering women to be leaders

01 February 2017
Solani Zapata, a member of her region's indigenous council, says talking about FGM sparked conversations about women's role in society. © UNFPA/Daniel Baldotto
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Publications

2015 Annual Report of FGM Joint Programme: Metrics of Progress, Moments of Change

Number of pages: 60

Publication date: 01 August 2016

Author: UNFPA and UNICEF

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News

The first rule of the married girls’ club is: empower girls

14 September 2016
Fatuma Ahmed was subjected to female genital mutilation and child marriage. She is now a member of a "married girls' club," where she and other child brides advocate against these harmful practices. © UNFPA/Abraham Gelaw
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News

Giving birth amid Boko Haram insurgency; UNFPA reaching millions with care

29 August 2016
A nurse and a survivor of the Boko Haram insurgency at an antenatal check-up. UNFPA has provided the clinic, at the GGSS displacement camp, with reproductive health kits, clean delivery kits and dignity kits. © UNFPA Nigeria
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