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A vision of change: Pioneer spends 30 years advocating end to FGM in Sudan

Abdullah Ali Abdullah has spent 30 years working with communities in North Kordofan to encourage abandonment of female genital mutilation. © UNFPA Sudan

31 January 2018

Annual Report

2016 Annual Report of FGM Joint Programme: By the Numbers

Number of pages: 78

Publication date: 26 Jul 2017

Author: UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Publication Date: 2017

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Escape at dawn: running away from child marriage and FGM in Kenya

Faith (centre) with her friends Sylvia (right) and Vivian, who all ran away from home to avoid female genital mutilation and child marriage. © UNFPA Kenya/Douglas Waudo

06 September 2017

Publication

Seventeen Ways to End FGM/C

Lessons from the field

Number of pages: 79

Publication date: 01 Jul 2017

Author: UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

News

Efforts to end FGM must be intensified, leaders urge

Shaimaa Ahmed Ali teaches members of her community about the harms of female genital mutilation (FGM). © UNFPA Egypt/Sima Diab

17 March 2017

Statement

The world must make faster progress to end female genital mutilation by 2030

06 February 2017

News

Dropping the knife: One woman joins the fight for women’s rights in the Gambia

Aja Babung Sidibeh used to gather girls for the FGM ritual. She comes from a family considered custodians of the tradition. © UNFPA/Kasandi Mulaa

06 February 2017

Annual Report

2015 Annual Report of FGM Joint Programme: Metrics of Progress, Moments of Change

Number of pages: 60

Publication date: 01 Aug 2016

Author: UNFPA and UNICEF

News

Young pioneer in Ethiopia defies FGM, finds love

Hawa Buha with her husband, Enehaba Seid, in their home in Ethiopia. Ms. Hawa has been a trailblazer in her community, first refusing to undergo FGM, then marrying for love. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Abraham Gelaw

01 September 2015

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A vision of change: Pioneer spends 30 years advocating end to FGM in Sudan

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2015 Annual Report of FGM Joint Programme: Metrics of Progress, Moments of Change

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