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Tanzania:
State Signs Girl Summit Charter
Daily News, 11 February 2015
THE government made a major commitment by signing the Girl Summit Charter, as part of joining international efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriages. Read more »
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Tanzania:
FGM 'Medicalisation' Is Sheer Madness
Daily News, 9 February 2015
IT has come to light that some medical practitioners, especially the midwives and surgeons, are cashing in on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), which is, indeed, fought left, right… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Health Care Providers Blamed for FGM Cut
Daily News, 8 February 2015
THE fight against the abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is hitting a snag, with the revelation that more than 18 per cent of all cases are performed by health care… Read more »
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Tanzania:
The Start of a Movement - Girls Rising Up Against FGM
UNFPA, 6 February 2015
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a human rights violation - one that can lead to haemorrhage, infection, complications during childbirth, infertility, and, in some cases, even… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Graca Commends Girls for Refusing FGM
Daily News, 26 January 2015
FORMER Mozambican and South African First Lady, Ms Graca Machel, has congratulated nearly 800 girls who refused to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) in Tarime and Serengeti… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Machel in Mara On Anti-FGM Crusade
Daily News, 22 January 2015
FORMER Mozambican and South African First Lady Graca Machel is on Thursday expected to arrive here to assess progress of campaigns against female genital mutilation (FGM) and child… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Tanzanian Girls Return After Escaping Female Genital Mutilation
Sabahi, 12 January 2015
Hundreds of Tanzanian schoolgirls returned home Monday (January 12th) after spending three months hiding in safe houses to escape female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C),… Read more »