Statement

The Gambia’s decision to uphold ban on FGM critical win for girls’ and women’s rights

calendar_today15 July 2024

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Women leaders in Djibouti speak out against gender-based violence and harmful practices

calendar_today25 April 2024

Peer educators from the UNFPA Elle et Elles network, launched in Djibouti in 2021 to provide support and training for female leaders advocating for women's health and rights. © UFNPA Djibouti
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Job Purpose:
Support and lead evidence-based interventions for collective engagement of youth movements and visibility of youth coalitions and networks engaged in the efforts towards the elimination of female genital mutilation. The incumbent will report to the Coordinator of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme to Eliminate FGM.

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Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on efforts to repeal the ban on female genital mutilation in the Gambia

calendar_today17 April 2024

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Mali conflict carries heavy toll for pregnant women amid rising insecurity

calendar_today06 March 2024

Women and girls at the displacement site in Socoura, in central Mali, where hundreds of families are taking refuge after fleeing violence in their villages.
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Somali survivors of female genital mutilation advocate to change minds – and lives

calendar_today26 February 2024

UNFPA and UNICEF’s Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation works with grassroots activists to encourage communities to abandon the practice. © UNFPA Somalia
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Raising the voices of survivors to create a generation free from female genital mutilation in Ethiopia

calendar_today08 February 2024

Zekia is advocating against female genital mutilation among her community and at school in the Dalocha district, in Ethiopia’s Central region. © UNFPA Ethiopia/MOPIX Production
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05 February 2024
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Breaking the cycle for survivors: UNFPA offers counselling and support to abandon female genital mutilation in Yemen

calendar_today05 February 2024

Safia seeks help at a UNFPA-supported youth-friendly service centre. ©UNFPA Yemen
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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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