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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.
Document
25 May 2023
Digital and remote approaches in eliminating female genital mutilation and child marriage

Files available for download (1)

English (PDF, 5 MB)
Document
21 March 2023
Tech-based interventions to address harmful practices

Files available for download (15)

Executive summary (PDF, 3 MB)
Main report (PDF, 18 MB)
Bangladesh case study (PDF, 2 MB)
Burkina Faso case study (PDF, 1 MB)
Egypt case study (PDF, 2 MB)
Ethiopia case study (PDF, 2 MB)
Ghana case study (PDF, 1 MB)
India case study (PDF, 1 MB)
Kenya case study (PDF, 2 MB)
Mozambique case study (PDF, 2 MB)
Nepal case study (PDF, 1 MB)
Sierra Leone case study (PDF, 2 MB)
Sudan case study (PDF, 1 MB)
Uganda case study (PDF, 1 MB)
Zambia case study (PDF, 1 MB)
Noura with her brother and father in Egypt.
Statement
03 February 2023
World will miss target of ending FGM by 2030 without urgent action – including from men and boys
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
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Page
02 February 2023
Resources on Female Genital Mutilation
Reports, case studies, briefs, technical notes and more for practitioners and policymakers
Zero Tolerance Day 2023
Document
31 January 2023
International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM 2023

Files available for download (6)

Key messages - English (PDF, 986 KB)
Advocacy flyer - English (PDF, 197 KB)
Key messages - French (PDF, 417 KB)
Advocacy flyer - French (PDF, 256 KB)
Key messages - Arabic (PDF, 480 KB)
Advocacy flyer - Arabic (PDF, 23 MB)
A girl holds up a poster of her drawings.
Explainer
26 January 2023
What is female genital mutilation?
Everything you need to know about FGM and what UNICEF is doing to stop it
Document
09 November 2022
Eliminating FGM through social movements
This technical note aims to develop a common understanding of the key concepts related to social movements and FGM elimination.

Files available for download (3)

English (PDF, 11 MB)
French (PDF, 11 MB)
Arabic (PDF, 11 MB)