Publisher
UNFPA
Publication date
2025
Resources
Why invest in the Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation?
Ending female genital mutilation by 2030 is within reach, but only with urgent and sustained investment. Achieving this goal requires an estimated $2.1 billion, yet the cost of protecting one girl is just $95 — a small investment with a lifelong impact. This support can help scale up proven interventions, strengthen community-led movements, and drive policy change that protects millions of girls.
Statement
15 July 2024
News
08 February 2024
Events
06 February 2024
Global
Publisher
UNFPA, UNICEF
Publication date
Oct 2023
Number of pages
36
Annual Report
Female genital mutilation is a practice that involves altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons. Internationally recognized as a human rights violation, it is estimated that some 230 million girls and women globally have undergone some form of female genital mutilation. Although the practice is declining in the majority of countries where it is prevalent, most of these countries are also experiencing a high rate of population growth – meaning that the number of girls who undergo female genital mutilation will continue to grow if the practice continues at current levels.
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News
23 March 2023
Publisher
UNFPA & UNICEF
Publication date
Sep 2021
Annual Report
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The 2020 annual report of the global Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation presents the progress made thus far in the implementation of the Joint Programme. The report focuses on the experiences recorded in preventing, mitigating and responding to the increased risk of girls undergoing FGM during the pandemic. It also presents the achievements of the programme in 2020, which are key in setting the baseline for 2021 – the final year of Phase III of the Joint Programme.
The 2020 annual report is presented in a sequenced format featuring six sub-reports. The performance report in particular provides an analysis of the Joint Programme’s results including factors that contribute to programme achievements as well as approaches for addressing bottlenecks in the programme.
