On February 6, the world will unite to bring attention to a harmful practice that still endangers girls and women across Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
Around 230 million women and girls around the world are survivors of the practice.An estimated 4.5 million girls worldwide are at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation this year, the United ...
FGM/C remains prevalent across Southeast Asia. The region should look to the African Union’s playbook on regional cooperation ...
What works to prevent female genital mutilation? UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight examines the evidence to identify successful strategies.
Joint statement by the UNFPA Executive Director, UNICEF Executive Director, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Women Executive Director, WHO Director-General, and UNESCO Director-General on the ...
February 6 marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a practice affecting over 230 million girls and women ...
Interviews and focus groups show that VSLAs are perceived as a real opportunity for economic empowerment for female genital mutilators and other women in the villages. Many explain that access to ...
KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Genital Mutilation. In 2012, the United Nations ...
The Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have jointly marked ...
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Over four million girls still at risk of female genital mutilation – UN
In 2026 alone, an estimated 4.5 million girls, many under the age of five, remain at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM). More than 230 million girls and women worldwide are currently ...
The Nigeria Governors’ Spouses’ Forum calls for united, decisive action to eliminate FGM, a practice it decries as a human ...
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