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Reformed cutters protect the next generation from female genital mutilation in Kenya

04 February 2021
Reformed cutters Kokarupe Lorwu, Methani Chepurai Lokuda and Chepchongil Cheleston in West Pokot County in Kenya. © UNFPA/Luis Tato
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As global cases of COVID-19 hit grim milestones and exacerbate other crises, UNFPA strengthens resolve to save lives

03 February 2021
Midwife Prasansa Budha Lama examines a new mother and baby on the outskirts of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. During lockdown, UNFPA-supported midwives provided telecounselling and helpline services, communicating with pregnant and postpartum women via social networks and messaging apps. © UNFPA Nepal
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Child marriage, female genital mutilation urgent priorities as pandemic threatens progress

01 February 2021
Fethiye says staff at a UNFPA safe space helped convince her family to let her go to school rather than be wed. © UNFPA Türkiye
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Participatory Research Toolkit for Social Norms Measurement

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Despite significant global investment and efforts to create a more equitable and safer world for children, some challenges such as female genital mutilation are so deeply rooted in the long-standing beliefs and social norms of communities that they continue to persist.

This toolkit is a practical ‘how to’ document for researchers, programme planners, programme implementers and evaluation experts, and is intended to enhance their social-norms-related programme efforts.

The Act Framework: Towards A New M&E Model For Measuring Social Norms Change Around FGM

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The ACT Framework, developed in partnership with Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health, in consultation with experts around the world, validated in two countries (Guinea and Ethiopia), provides programme planners with new practical resources for measuring and tracking changes in social norms related to female genital mutilation.