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FGM

Youth in Ouahigouya, in the north of Burkina Faso, participate in a youth caravan.
Programme
08 January 2019
UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme
Learn how UNICEF and UNFPA are accelerating the elimination of this harmful practice.
Nejat Workicho and Kemeriya Awol outside their home in Ethiopia.
Programme
08 January 2019
Female Genital Mutilation
Female genital mutilation is an extreme form of violence against girls and women.
16 year old Lucy got pregnant at 14, returned to school, got pregnant again and married at 16 during COVID-19 school closures in Malawi. Lucy is now back in school in at Mlale primary school in Lilongwe, Malawi.
Programme
07 January 2019
Harmful practices
Child marriage and female genital mutilation are internationally recognized human rights violations.
Mekiya learned about the risks of FGM at school in Ethiopia.
Press release
28 June 2022
Child marriage on the rise in Horn of Africa as drought crisis intensifies
Two girls clap their hands at an event in Malicounda Bambara celebrating the abandonment of FGM by several nearby villages.
Document
16 June 2022
Eliminating FGM 2021 annual report

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Document
27 April 2022
Phase IV Programme Document for the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation

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Mekiya is happy that she is saved from undergoing FGM. Though she is too young to understand all the consequences of the practice, she learned at school that FGM can cause complications during childbirth.
Statement
04 February 2022
A crisis within a crisis: Increased investment critical to end female genital mutilation as COVID-19 rages on
Joint Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
A girl at a vocational school where she can choose a skill of her choice to explore and fulfil her potential.
Document
25 January 2022
A Global Research Agenda to End FGM

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Document
06 January 2022
Technical Guidance Comprehensive Approach to FGM Elimination

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Document
23 November 2021
Defining social norms and related concepts
Defining social norms

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