Ending Female Genital Mutilation by 2030
Female genital mutilation (FGM) includes procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. The practice has serious and enduring implications for the health and well-being of young women and is rooted in deeply entrenched socio-cultural norms. The International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation was held on 6th February with the 2017 theme focusing on “Building a solid and interactive bridge between Africa and the world to accelerate ending FGM by 2030″ This special focus draws attention to this topic with a selection of media articles.
Special focus in the news
- FACTBOX-What is female genital mutilation? Where does it happen? (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
- Online mapping tool gives FGM runaways a path to help (The Guardian)
- Statement by UN Women on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (Big News Network)
- Female genital mutilation is hurting Australian girls and we must work together to stamp it out (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Female Genital Mutilation Ranks As One Of The Worst Manifestations Of Gender Inequality (The Huffington Post)
- Study: A New Strategy To Stop Female Genital Mutilation (Delawere Public Media)
- UN: Harmful Traditional Practice of Female Genital Mutilation Must End (Voa News)
- Bohra women against female genital mutilation: Survey in Mumbai (The Hindustan Times)
- India’s female genital mutilation: a thousand-year-old secret (Open Democracy)
- Cut in secret: the medicalization of FGM in Egypt (CNN)
- Female genital mutilation: Young Kenyan girls take part in tribal ceremony (The Telegraph)
- New Cases of FGM reported every hour in UK (Breitbart)
- Montenegro Introduces Law Against Female Genital Mutilation (Balkan Insight)
- Sexual violence: The silent health epidemic (The Globe and Mail)
Organizations who fight to end the practice of FGM around the world
- Kenya’s Maasai and Samburu becoming women without FGM (Al Jazeera)
- Almost All Girls Were Cut in Her Ethiopian Village: Not Anymore, Thanks to Her (Pulitzer Center)
- Maison des Femmes in Paris, helps victims of abuse, FGM (Al Jazeera)
- Women Group Wants Female Genital Mutilation Act Put into Law (FrontPageAfrica)
Videos
- The facts you should know about female genital mutilation (The Guardian)
