News

5 ways female genital mutilation undermines the health of women and girls

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Midwifery students at the Hargeisa Institute of Health Sciences in Somaliland learn how to assist in case of childbirth complications caused by female genital mutilation. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
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Video

Ifrah Ahmed speaks out about FGM

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Ifrah Ahmed speaks out about FGM

Ifrah Ahmed speaks out about FGM

At a UNFPA-supported photo exhibition on the harms of female genital mutilation, advocate Ifrah Ahmed spoke about her own experience and her efforts to end the practice.

News

Top 5 things you didn’t know about female genital mutilation

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Asha lays out the tools she uses to perform female genital mutilation in Somalia. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
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Statement

Take action to eliminate female genital mutilation by 2030

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Publisher

UNFPA, UNICEF

Publication date

2018

Author

UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation Publication Date: 2018

Publication

How to Transform a Social Norm

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Media advisory

UNFPA Exhibition to Highlight Continued Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation

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Job description

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About UNFPA

We promote gender equality and empower women, girls and young people to take control of their bodies and their futures.

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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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Publication date

2016

Author

UNFPA, UNICEF

Resources

Manual on social norms & change - handouts

Manual to promote the abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting