News

Refugee with disability overcomes steep hurdles

Fatima at the Zaatari women’s centre where she volunteers as an art instructor. As a disabled child, she had to overcome stigma and isolation. She faced the same challenges again as a refugee. © UNFPA
  • 27 July 2015
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Clinic helps end dangerous traditional practices in rural Bangladesh

Mousomi Rani and her baby, Joni, receive post-natal care at the local clinic. Health staff are working to help community members abandon harmful practices and embrace modern maternal care. © Nicolas Axelrod/Ruom for UNFPA
  • 06 July 2015
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Eliminating FGM one midwife at a time

Edna Adan visits a maternal and child health center during a community outreach activity in Gumburaha. © Arthur Nazaryan/Delphin Films
  • 09 April 2015
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Abandoning FGM: Amina and Desta’s story

Published on: 19/03/2015

Learn about female genital mutilation from the sisters Amina and Desta. UNFPA and UNICEF lead the Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, the largest global programme to accelerate the abandonment of female genital mutilation.

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Finding justice for survivors of gender-based violence in Somalia

A volunteer works in the community police unit in Garowe, Somalia. ©UNFPA/Pilirani Semu-Banda
  • 25 February 2015
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Empowering women to lead the change: One woman’s fight against FGM

A network of women advocates in Doka, Sudan. They are committed to ending FGM in their community. © UNFPA
  • 05 February 2015
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Resources

Engaging Midwives in the Global Campaign to End Female Genital Mutilation

Resource date: Nov 2014

Author: UNFPA

UNFPA is mobilizing midwives in the prevention female genital mutilation (FGM) and in caring for its consequences, through a joint initiative in the context of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on FGM/C and the UNFPA Midwifery Programme. Building on the expertise and networks of the two global programmes, UNFPA will empower midwives to serve as role models, counselors and advocates in the campaign to end FGM.

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Taking Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Out of the Cultural Mosaic of Kenya

The rate of FGM/C is declining in Theraka villages where Ntano Na Mugambo or circumcision with words, is substituting for a cut.
  • 22 April 2010
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News

Ugandan Communities Scrutinize a Violent – Sometimes Deadly – Rite of Passage

These schoolchildren in the Moroto district, where FGM/C is still prevalent, were shown a video that explains the negative consequences of the practice. In the past, this information was hidden from them
  • 01 February 2013
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Avoiding and Mitigating the Health Consequences of FGM/C in Ethiopia

<p>Sadiya (right) at the hospital with her mother.&nbsp; <i>Photo &copy; UNFPA Ethiopia/Abraham Gelaw</i> </p>
  • 18 June 2013
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