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Ugandan Communities Scrutinize a Violent – Sometimes Deadly – Rite of Passage
01 February 2013News
Avoiding and Mitigating the Health Consequences of FGM/C in Ethiopia
18 June 2013News
Abandoning Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the Afar Region of Ethiopia
08 April 2010Eliminating Female Genital Cutting and Other Practices Harmful to Women:
Author: UNFPA
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Media to play key role in eliminating FGM in Kenya
06 November 2014Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Accelerating Change - Original Proposal (2009)
Funding proposal
Number of pages: 30
Publication date: 01 January 2009
Author: UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA
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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.
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Senegal: Beyond Tradition
March 17, 2011Dialyma's father had forbidden his mother to cut his daughter. The grandmother cut Dialyma against her wishes. Now her father has joined a growing movement fighting to end female genital mutilation. He says change must come from the grassroots.
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GOOGLE+ Hangout Discussing Progress, Challenges in Efforts to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
February 7, 2013The nine case studies presented in this brochure are drawn from a longer UNFPA report entitled, "Culture Matters: Working with Communities and Faith-based Organizations". It highlights the necessity of mainstreaming cultural analysis and sensitivity in development efforts addressing issues such as gender equality and equity, HIV/AIDS, female genital cutting, gender-based violence and reproductive health. Programmes in Brazil, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Uganda and Yemen are analyzed.