News

Countering female genital mutilation in Sudan: “I didn’t know it was possible not to cut my daughter”

Members of a UNFPA-supported community network in Sudan speak to women in about the dangers of female genital mutilation. © UNFPA Sudan
  • 23 March 2023
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News

Rallying men and boys in the fight against female genital mutilation

Professor Akotionga performed the first operation in Burkina Faso to repair physical damage from female genital mutilation. Since then, he has trained more than 600 midwives, nurses and gynaecologists in the procedure. © UNFPA/Lambert Coleman
  • 06 February 2023
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International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation 2023

06 February 2023

Global

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Updates

Belgium, Germany and Sweden join forces with UNFPA and UNICEF to eliminate female genital mutilation

28 Dec 2022

A group of girls rescued from female genital mutilation and early marriage play hand-clapping games in their dormitories at Morpus primary school in Ortum, West Pokot, Kenya on November 24, 2020. Through the support of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme, the Morpus primary and boarding school has been helping young girls to escape and recover from female genital mutilation and early marriages since 2003, providing education and accommodation. © UNFPA Kenya/Luis Tato
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News

Girls in Uganda report being lured across the border to undergo female genital mutilation

A delegation of  state ministers and district leaders speak with girls at the Kalas primary school in Amudat. The school is a safe haven for the girls fleeing female genital mutilation, child marriage or both. © UNFPA Uganda/Samuel Okiror
  • 26 October 2022
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Nikkolas Smith joins forces with the United Nations to help end female genital mutilation

Published on: 26/09/2022

As an Artivist, Nikkolas Smith's mission is to inspire people to take action and make a positive change in the world.

His latest artwork is part of an exhibition presented and organized by the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

The exhibition highlighted the importance of engaging men and boys in eliminating female genital mutilation.

Annual Report

2021 Annual Report of FGM Joint Programme: Delivering and Sustaining in the New Normal

Number of pages: 68

Publication date: 26 Sep 2022

Publisher: UNFPA, UNICEF

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News

Coming together to change social norms and stand against female genital mutilation in Ethiopia

19-year-old Bereket Merihun is in seventh grade at a school in the Alata Chuko district in the Sidama region, Ethiopia. © Norwegian Church Aid
  • 09 September 2022
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Resources

Evidence Brief: Effectiveness of Interventions Designed to Prevent or Respond to Female Genital Mutilation

Resource date: 2021

Publisher: UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO and Population Council, Kenya

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Publication

Effectiveness of Interventions Designed to Prevent or Respond to Female Genital Mutilation

Number of pages: 79

Publication date: 31 Dec 2021

Publisher: UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO and Population Council, Kenya

Despite intensified efforts to build the evidence base globally to inform strategies to address female genital mutilation (FGM), there has been limited rigorous high-quality evidence on what set of interventions are effective in ending the harmful practice. This research report, accompanied with a brief, conveys key findings on the quality and strength of existing evidence on FGM interventions from 2008 to 2020.

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