Resources
Tailoring Steps to End Female Genital Mutilation Based on Age
Resource date: 02 January 2020
Author: UNFPA
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Resources
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Planning and Ending Gender-based Violence, Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage
Resource date: 27 April 2020
Author: UNFPA, with contributions from Avenir Health, Johns Hopkins University (USA) and Victoria University (Australia)
Publisher: UNFPA
UNFPA aims to achieve three world-changing results by 2030, the deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. These are: Ending unmet need for family planning, ending gender-based violence including harmful practices such as female genital mutilation and child marriage, and ending all preventable maternal deaths. COVID-19 pandemic could critically undermine progress made towards achieving these goals.
News
Millions more cases of violence, child marriage, female genital mutilation, unintended pregnancy expected due to the COVID-19 pandemic
28 April 20201
Publications
Costing the Three Transformative Results
The cost of the transformative results UNFPA is committed to achieving by 2030
Number of pages: 36
Publication date: 31 January 2020
Author: Johns Hopkins University, Avenir Health, Victoria University, Institute of Health, Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA
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Video
#BornComplete: Kenza's Story on FGM
February 18, 2019Kenza 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.
Media Advisory
UNFPA exhibition: A Piece of Me stresses that globally 4.1 million girls are at risk of FGM in 2020
05 February 20201
Resources
Chapter 3: Cost of Ending Female Genital Mutilation
Resource date: 31 January 2020
Publisher: UNFPA
This is the third chapter of Costing the Three Transformative Results, which focuses on new research to estimate the costs associated the global effort led by UNFPA towards: (a) ending preventable maternal deaths, (b) ending the unmet need for family planning, (c) ending gender-based violence and all harmful practices, including child marriage and female genital mutilation.
This chapter focuses on the estimated cost of ending female genital mutilation. It was compiled by UNFPA partners at Avenir Health.
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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