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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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 © 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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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 © Ilona Lalova/UNFPA
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In the News

Interview with Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA

20 February 2013
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In the News

Interview with Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA

19 February 2013
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News

Hanging Out with Experts on Ending Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting

12 February 2013
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In the News

FGM is About Culture not Religion: Executive Director Interview

08 February 2013
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News

General Assembly Committee Calls for Stronger Global Efforts to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

30 November 2012
<p>Community discussions focusing on human rights are integral to collective decisions to abandon FGM in Senegal, one of the countries in the Joint Programme. <i>Photo: UNFPA</i> </p>
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