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Girls in Narok town, Kenya.

UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme

Learn how UNICEF and UNFPA are accelerating the elimination of this harmful practice.

Model girls are trained to teach their communities in Afar region, at Erubti woreda, about the harmful practice of FGM in collaboration with the Ethiopian Government, UNICEF Ethiopia and other partners.

Female Genital Mutilation

Female genital mutilation is an extreme form of violence against girls and women.

A girl, 5, stands in her home in Aroma Village, near the city of Kassala.

Harmful practices

Child marriage and female genital mutilation are internationally recognized human rights violations.

Participatory Research Toolkit for Social Norms Measurement

(PDF, 8,62 MB)

Compendium of Indicators on FGM

(PDF, 1,03 MB)

Sabriya Ahmed (11) moved to Megale, Ethiopia with her father when she was just 2 years old. Sabriya's father did not believe in the practice of FGM; therefore, she was not circumcised.

The UNICEF Approach to the Elimination of FGM

(PDF, 7,25 MB)

Girls who have undergone FGM and/or child marriage play in the school yard at Kalas Girls Primary School, Uganda.

The Humanitarian-Development Nexus: The Future of Protection

(PDF, 6,26 MB)

Adolescent girl sitting with her father in their home in Egypt.

Gender Transformative Approaches for FGM Elimination

(PDF, 3,59 MB)

Policy Brief: Enabling Environments to End FGM

(PDF, 6,11 MB)

COVID-19 Disrupting the Elimination of FGM

(PDF, 3,33 MB)