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For girls escaping FGM in rural Tanzania, crowdsourced maps show the way to safety

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Ending FGM takes a multi-pronged approach – from offering a refuge for girls at acute risk to engaging families and communities to raise awareness of the harm it causes, and transform the social norms that uphold the practice. Here, girls in Tanzania’s Mara region participate in an alternative rites of passage camp at the UNFPA-supported Masanga Centre. © UNFPA/Mandela Gregoire

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Earthquake and tsunami devastating for 45,000 pregnant women in Indonesia

calendar_today16 October 2018

Some 88,000 people have been displaced by the twin disasters in Indonesia's hardest-hit areas. Ibu Fariati and her family now share a tent with six other families. © UNFPA Indonesia/Stenly hely Sajow

Text - Manual on Social Norms and Change publication cover

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2016

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UNFPA, UNICEF

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Manual on Social Norms and Change (2016)

Demographic Perspectives on Female Genital Mutilation

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UNFPA

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2015

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UNFPA

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Demographic Perspectives on Female Genital Mutilation

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The day I became a woman

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The day I became a woman

For millions of women around the world, the transition to womanhood is not marked by independence, a job or graduation from school, but rather by female genital mutilation.

Implementation of the International and Regional Human Rights Framework for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation

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UNFPA

Publication date

Nov 2014

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UNFPA

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Implementation of the International and Regional Human Rights Framework for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation

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Girls are saying no to FGM – and they need political champions

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“The solutions are there. The girls are there. They are working,” said anti-FGM advocate Aissata Camara (right), calling for political support to accelerate the elimination of the practice. © UNFPA/Usenabasi Esiet

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One-stop care centre helps women amid South Sudan’s epidemic of violence

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(Right to left) UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed meet with one-stop centre staff. © UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Alano

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Finding a role model amid confinement of Myanmar’s Rohingya camps

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2018

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UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation

Number of pages

110

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2017 Annual Report of FGM Joint Programme: Performance Analysis for Phase II

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For girls escaping FGM in rural Tanzania, crowdsourced maps show the way to safety

Earthquake and tsunami devastating for 45,000 pregnant women in Indonesia

Manual on Social Norms and Change (2016)

Demographic Perspectives on Female Genital Mutilation

The day I became a woman

Implementation of the International and Regional Human Rights Framework for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation

Girls are saying no to FGM – and they need political champions

One-stop care centre helps women amid South Sudan’s epidemic of violence

Finding a role model amid confinement of Myanmar’s Rohingya camps

2017 Annual Report of FGM Joint Programme: Performance Analysis for Phase II

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