Publication date
Oct 2016
Author
UNFPA
Number of pages
116
State of World Population
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An overview of the Campaign to End Fistula workings in Liberia, showing striking scenes of women & girls in their quest for treatment & a new life, free of obstetric fistula, a devastating child-bearing injury that affects more than 2 million women. Created by UNFPA Liberia and Governess Films, 2010
Dialyma's father had forbidden his mother to cut his daughter. The grandmother cut Dialyma against her wishes. Now her father has joined a growing movement fighting to end female genital mutilation. He says change must come from the grassroots.
Nepal has developed an action plan to support women and girls affected by civil conflict and involve women in peacebuilding, as urged by the UN Security Council in Resolutions 1325 and 1820.
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