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Kenya:
War On FGM Is Being Won As Community Shifts Mind
Nation, 5 February 2019
With more than 5,000 new female genital mutilation cases recorded in England alone, FGM is no longer a Kenyan or African issue; it is global. Read more »
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Liberia:
Rights Group Tasks Liberia On FGM Measures
New Democrat, 4 February 2019
Equality Now, a human rights advocacy group has called on the Liberian government to act on anti-Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, laws that have elapsed. Read more »
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Egypt:
Babies Get Blue Ribbons As Parents Say 'No' to Female Genital Mutilation
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 6 February 2019
Parents will receive the badges after signing a pledge that they will not have their daughters cut Read more »
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Nigeria:
309 Communities Declare Abandonment of FGM - Unicef
Daily Trust, 6 February 2019
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says over 309 communities in Nigeria have publicly declared their abandonment of female genital mutilation in… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigeria Living With Dying Practice of Female Circumcision
Vanguard, 5 February 2019
The challenge of Female Genital Mutilation & Cutting, FGM/C in Nigeria and several countries persists despite efforts to curb it. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Female Genital Mutilation - UN Day of Zero-Tolerance
Daily News, 6 February 2019
TODAY, February 6, is the United Nations International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Read more »
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Liberia:
A Plea for the Liberian Government to Permanently Ban FGM
FrontPageAfrica, 5 February 2019
IN THE FINAL YEAR of her presidency, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf took a giant step albeit temporary, in placing a ban on Female Genital Mutilation. The Executive Order No. 92 was however… Read more »
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Africa:
What Is Female Genital Mutilation and Where Does It Happen?
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 6 February 2019
FGM is practised in at least 30 countries, mostly in Africa but also in pockets of the Middle East and Asia Read more »
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Africa:
Top 5 Things You Didn't Know About Female Genital Mutilation
UNFPA, 5 February 2019
Too often, the first message a girl receives about her body is that it is imperfect - too fat or too thin, too dark or too freckled. But for some girls, the message is that, to be… Read more »
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Africa:
How to Target Resources in Efforts to End Female Genital Mutilation
The Conversation Africa, 30 January 2019
A new study shows that 130 million women have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) in 29 of the highest prevalence countries, many of which are in Africa. And 30 million more… Read more »