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Girl Summit aims to end child marriage and FGM/C

22 July 2014
<p>Usha, 15, participated in a leadership programme for girls in Nepal. When her parents began preparing for her wedding, she convinced them to delay the marriage. "If I can&rsquo;t prevent my own marriage, who will speak up for my classmates?&rdquo; she told UNFPA. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA/William A. Ryan</i> </p>
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“I will keep very strong”: An Ethiopian girl fights to delay marriage

05 June 2014
Kadiga Mohammed fought her parents' decision to have her marry an older cousin at age 16. Photo credit: Abraham Gelaw
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Press Release

Link TV in Collaboration with UNDPI, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN Women Presents theTelevision Premiere of the UN Concert Event

15 April 2014
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News

Empowering Youth to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

12 March 2014
<p>Madame Chantal Compaor&eacute;, First Lady of Burkina Faso (centre) with Aissata Camara (left) and other young participants invited to take part in the side-event on ending female genital mutilation/cutting. <i>Photo credit: Aissata Camara</i> </p>
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Statement

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

05 February 2014
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Opinion

Let's End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Our Generation

22 October 2013
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News

International Conference to Boost Efforts to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

18 October 2013
Photo: Sheila Mckinnon
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News

Scaling Up Strategies to Encourage Abandonment of FGM/C

23 July 2013
The UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting aims to accelerate changes in entrenced social norms that put some 30 million girls at risk of undergoing this harmful practice. Photo &copy; Sheila McKinnon
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In the News

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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News

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 &copy; Ilona Lalova/UNFPA
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