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How to Transform a Social Norm

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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

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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

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2016

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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

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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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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

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