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News
Finding justice for survivors of gender-based violence in Somalia
25 February 20151
News
Empowering women to lead the change: One woman’s fight against FGM
05 February 20151
Events
International Day of the Girl Child 2015
11 October 2015
Global
Resources
Engaging Midwives in the Global Campaign to End Female Genital Mutilation
Resource date: 01 November 2014
Author: UNFPA
UNFPA is mobilizing midwives in the prevention female genital mutilation (FGM) and in caring for its consequences, through a joint initiative in the context of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on FGM/C and the UNFPA Midwifery Programme. Building on the expertise and networks of the two global programmes, UNFPA will empower midwives to serve as role models, counselors and advocates in the campaign to end FGM.
News
Ending violence and discrimination against women: A call to action
25 November 20141
Events
Roundtable on UNFPA’s work towards the elimination of Gender-Based Violence
20 September 2013
United Nations Headquarters, New York
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Publications
Initiating the Multi-Stakeholder Joint Programme on Violence Against Women
A Review of the Processes and Some Key Interim Lessons Learned
Number of pages: 44
Publication date: 06 November 2011
Publisher: UNFPA and UN Women
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Video
Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting video
February 24, 2010Examines the practice of FGM/C and strategies employed by UNFPA and UNICEF to encourage communities to abandon it. The two agencies, working closely with governments, NGOs, religious leaders and small community groups, aim to bring about an end to the practice.
Video
Healing the Wounds of War in Bosnia and Herzegovina
December 4, 2010The war in Bosnia-Herzegovina may have ended 15 years ago, but for some 20,000 women, the legacy of wartime rape lives on. Women of all ethnic groups are still trying to cope with the psychological effects of violence perpetrated against them.