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The story of a courageous father who protected his daughter from FGM thanks to love and solid religious awareness

A Father Against the Current

The story of a courageous father who protected his daughter from FGM thanks to love and solid religious awareness

UNICEF advocates against FGM while facing dramatic increase of cases during the pandemic

During COVID-19, FGM is on the rise

UNICEF advocates against FGM while facing dramatic increase of cases during the pandemic

strong advocate against FGM medicalization since her near-death experience

On the Verge of Death

Randa: a strong advocate against FGM medicalization since her near-death experience

a group of girls

Sudan enters new era for girl rights with criminalization of FGM

girl walking while carrying a baby and holding a little kids hand

12 February 2020

Female genital mutilation (FGM)

A Decade of Accelerating Actions Towards Zero Female Genital Mutilation

a group of girls

06 February 2020

Female genital mutilation

in the Middle East and North Africa

(PDF, 4,72 MB)

Report cover

06 February 2020

Facts and figures: Female genital mutilation in MENA

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A group of adolescent girls

06 February 2020

Approximately 1 in 4 FGM survivors were cut by a health care provider – UNICEF

Increased prevalence in medicalized FGM obscures global progress on eliminating support for the practice. Twice as many women in high-prevalence countries want the practice to end compared to 20 years ago

girls running

06 February 2020

Unleashing Youth Power: A Decade of Accelerating Actions Towards Zero Female Genital Mutilation

Joint statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

No to Female Genital Mutilation

UNICEF Djibouti

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