News

Hanging Out with Experts on Ending Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting

calendar_today12 February 2013

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In the News

FGM is About Culture not Religion: Executive Director Interview

calendar_today08 February 2013

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News

General Assembly Committee Calls for Stronger Global Efforts to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

calendar_today30 November 2012

<p>Community discussions focusing on human rights are integral to collective decisions to abandon FGM in Senegal, one of the countries in the Joint Programme. <i>Photo: UNFPA</i> </p>
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News

Using the Opportunity of the General Assembly to Speak Out Against FGM/C

calendar_today24 September 2012

<p>The organizers of the panel, Madame Chantal Boni Yay, First Lady of Benin, and Madame Chantal Campaore, the First Lady of Burkina Faso,&nbsp; are pictured here with UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin.</p>
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News

In Sudan: Changing Labels, Changing Lives

calendar_today15 June 2012

<p>These uncut girls, in their <i>Saleema</i> colors, are being celebrated for their status as being "perfect, whole, as God made them".</p>
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News

Tide is Turning Against Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

calendar_today22 May 2012

In the past, almost all Somali girls were cut.&nbsp; But the Joint Programme aims to change that for the next generation
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In the News

Executive Director, Angelique Kidjo Call for an End to Female Genital Mutilation

calendar_today29 February 2012

<p>UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ang&eacute;lique Kidjo and UNFPA Executive Director, Babatunde Osotimehin at a press conference in support of Global Efforts to End Female Genital Mutilation.<br/> Photo: UNICEF/JC McIlwaine</p>
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In the News

'Cultural Tradition' is No Excuse for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

calendar_today17 February 2012

<p>U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talking about the progress toward ending female genital mutilation/cutting.</p>
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Statement

Renewing Commitment to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

calendar_today06 February 2012

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Press release

2,000 More African Communities End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in 2011

calendar_today06 February 2012

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