News

Demand for counselling services spikes in Palestine amid COVID-19 lockdown

02 June 2020
Maysah Shalaldeh, a social worker, provides counselling over the phone. Maysah Shalaldeh, a social worker
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Resources

Tailoring Steps to End Female Genital Mutilation Based on Age

Resource date: 02 January 2020

Author: UNFPA

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Resources

COVID-19 Disrupting SDG 5.3: Eliminating female genital mutilation

Resource date: 30 April 2020

Author: UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on FGM

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News

Better suicide prevention and mental health care needed among Myanmar’s most vulnerable

04 March 2020
Young people in Myanmar face a variety of risk factors for depression and other mental health disorders, including exposure to conflict and humanitarian crisis. © UNFPA Myanmar
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Video

#BornComplete: Kenza's Story on FGM

February 18, 2019

Kenza is a doctor in her twenties from Djibouti. In the video, she speaks of her experience with FGM as a child and the long-term consequences of the trauma. 

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Unleashing youth power: A decade of accelerating actions towards zero female genital mutilation

06 February 2020
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Publications

Beyond the Crossing: Female genital mutilation across borders

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda

Publication date: 30 November 2019

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

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News

From child brides and FGM survivors to leaders on a global stage

03 January 2020
Survivors and advocates Nachaki, Rosillah and Eunice speak with advocate and psychotherapist Leyla Hussein at the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25. (L-R) Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Pratt/Too Young to Wed.
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News

When health workers harm: the medicalization of female genital mutilation in Egypt

02 October 2019
Community leaders in Assiut Governorate speak about female genital mutilation. © UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme to Eliminate FGM
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