News

“I will keep very strong”: An Ethiopian girl fights to delay marriage

Kadiga Mohammed fought her parents' decision to have her marry an older cousin at age 16. Photo credit: Abraham Gelaw

05 June 2014

Press Release

Link TV in Collaboration with UNDPI, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN Women Presents theTelevision Premiere of the UN Concert Event

15 April 2014

News

Empowering Youth to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

<p>Madame Chantal Compaoré, First Lady of Burkina Faso (centre) with Aissata Camara (left) and other young participants invited to take part in the side-event on ending female genital mutilation/cutting. <i>Photo credit: Aissata Camara</i> </p>

12 March 2014

Statement

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

05 February 2014

Opinion

Let's End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Our Generation

22 October 2013

News

International Conference to Boost Efforts to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Photo: Sheila Mckinnon

18 October 2013

News

Scaling Up Strategies to Encourage Abandonment of FGM/C

The UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting aims to accelerate changes in entrenced social norms that put some 30 million girls at risk of undergoing this harmful practice. Photo © Sheila McKinnon

23 July 2013

In the News

UN Agencies Encourage Enforcement of FGM/C Ban After Girl’s Death

A counsellor in Egypt holds up cards used to educate women about female genital mutilation (FGM) in Minia in this photo from 2006. REUTERS

11 June 2013

News

Calling for an End to the Many Forms of Violence Against Women and Girls

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, centre, is flanked by executive leaders from UNDP, UNESCO, UN Women, UNFPA and the UNHCHR at a panel that called for joint action to end violence against women. Photo © Ilona Lalova/UNFPA

06 March 2013

In the News

Interview with Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA

20 February 2013

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