News

Five things you didn’t know about practices that harm girls

calendar_today30 June 2020

Without urgent action, the situation for women and girls could worsen. Artwork by Fatma Mahmoud Salama Raslan.
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News

Demand for counselling services spikes in Palestine amid COVID-19 lockdown

calendar_today02 June 2020

Maysah Shalaldeh, a social worker, provides counselling over the phone. Maysah Shalaldeh, a social worker
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Publication date

Jan 2020

Author

UNFPA

Resources

Tailoring Steps to End Female Genital Mutilation Based on Age

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Publication date

30 April 2020

Author

UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on FGM

Resources

COVID-19 Disrupting SDG 5.3: Eliminating female genital mutilation

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News

Better suicide prevention and mental health care needed among Myanmar’s most vulnerable

calendar_today04 March 2020

Young people in Myanmar face a variety of risk factors for depression and other mental health disorders, including exposure to conflict and humanitarian crisis. © UNFPA Myanmar
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Video

#BornComplete: Kenza's Story on FGM

calendar_today18 February 2019

#BornComplete: Kenza's Story on FGM

#BornComplete: Kenza's Story on FGM

Kenza 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. 

Statement

Unleashing youth power: A decade of accelerating actions towards zero female genital mutilation

calendar_today06 February 2020

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Beyond the Crossing: Female genital mutilation across borders

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Nov 2019

Author

UNFPA

Publication

Beyond the Crossing: Female genital mutilation across borders

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda

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News

From child brides and FGM survivors to leaders on a global stage

calendar_today03 January 2020

Survivors and advocates Nachaki, Rosillah and Eunice speak with advocate and psychotherapist Leyla Hussein at the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25. (L-R) Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Pratt/Too Young to Wed.
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