Publication

Girls, Youth, Women and Feminist Movements Against Female Genital Mutilation: A Practical Guide for Frontliners

Number of pages: 28

Publication date: 12 Mar 2025

Publisher: UNFPA

The "Girls, Youth, Women and Feminist Movements Against Female Genital Mutilation: A Practical Guide for Frontliners", a first one-stop, simple, practical guide designed to equip frontliners and grass-roots organizations working to end female genital mutilation (FGM). This guide also provides practical tools and knowledge for planning, managing, and monitoring movement-building efforts to end FGM. It also complements existing knowledge compendiums and offers.

Shudu Reacts: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Published on: 28/02/2025

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a harmful practice that is internationally recognized as a human rights violation.

Unfortunately, a lot of myths and misinformation about FGM still exist that perpetuate the practice.

So, where is it practiced? What are the consequences? And are men against it?

Let Shudufhadzo Musida, UNFPA Global Champion for Women and Girls, tell you the facts as she reacts to real online comments about FGM.

News

“The new generation is different”: In Djibouti, survivors and allies lobby to end female genital mutilation

Women and girls in the village of Otoy in Djibouti’s Tadjourah region, where a community-led movement has successfully lobbied to abandon female genital mutilation. ©UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation/AGENCE NEUVIEME

04 February 2025

Statement

Strengthening alliances and building movements to end female genital mutilation

06 February 2025

Press Release

UNFPA Appoints Shudu Musida as Global Champion for Women and Girls

06 February 2025

News

In Egypt, men and boys stand firm against female genital mutilation

Zanaty El-Sawy first decided to research the topic of female genital mutilation to protect his two daughters. © UNFPA Egypt/Roger Anis

02 January 2025

09 December 2024

News

Female genital mutilation leads to death in childbirth, a preventable tragedy Ugandan community members assert

Josephine Telo, seated, speaks to Consolata Aleper, who holds meetings for survivors of female genital mutilation and works to end the practice. Ms. Telo’s sister died in childbirth as a result of female genital mutilation. © ActionAid International Uganda

03 October 2024

Annual Report

2023 Annual Report of FGM Joint Programme: Addressing global challenges with local solutions to eliminate female genital mutilation

Number of pages: 96

Publication date: 13 Aug 2024

Publisher: UNFPA and UNICEF

Resources

Illustrative Cases Of Implementation Of The Humanitarian Development-Peace Nexus Approach In Female Genital Mutilation Programme

Resource date: Jul 2024

Author: UNFPA and UNICEF

Publisher: UNFPA

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Girls, Youth, Women and Feminist Movements Against Female Genital Mutilation: A Practical Guide for Frontliners

Shudu Reacts: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

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