COP-MGF
A bilingual community of practice building bridges between professionals from Africa and Europe aiming to put an end to Female Genital Mutilation
The COP FGM
The Community of practice on Female Genital Mutilation (CoP FGM) is an international, bilingual (French/English) network, gathering professionals and activists working on female genital mutilation. The CoP FGM aims to put an end to FGM and promote women and girls’ well-being and human rights.
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The Thematic Discussions of the CoP FGM
The thematic discussions, launched every 2 months, encourage knowledge sharing and good practice between the CoP FGM’s members. The discussions are held in both English and in French on the CoP internal Google group. The member’s contributions are translated by the moderators so that everyone can understand.
GENDER TRANSFORMATION
As any other form of Gender-Based Violence, FGM is closely tied to power relations between men and women. It is a manifestation of gender inequality and as such it needs to be addressed.
This is why experts are stressing the need for programmes that aim to inform and sensitize communities about the negative impacts of FGM, and to eliminate the practice in the long run, to incorporate gender transformative approaches.
C’est pourquoi les expert.e.s soulignent l’importance d’adopter des approches transformatrices de genre dans les programmes visant à informer et à sensibiliser les communautés aux effets négatifs des mutilations génitales féminines, et à éliminer cette pratique à long terme.
Media & FGM
Media refers to different means of distributing and making information accessible to a larger group of persons and includes traditional media such as radio, tv and newspapers in addition to more recent tools such as blogs, vlogs and podcasts. Media tools can be produced by trained journalists but they can also be the fruit of the work of activists, professionals or other citizens.
This thematic discussion will explore different media used in FGM prevention and care for FGM survivors.
Cette discussion thématique explorera les différents médias utilisés dans la prévention des MGF et la prise en charge des survivants des MGF.
Law & FGM
FGM is a complex issue deeply embedded in the societies where it is practiced. While criminalization of the practice is generally acknowledged as an important step in the global strategy towards abandonment of FGM, most experts would agree that anti-FGM laws alone cannot solve the problem.
This thematic discussion picks up where we ended when discussing this topic in the summer of 2019.
Where are we at two years later in terms of anti-FGM legislation?
NEWS
Training report on the sustainable involvement of men in ending FGM
MEN'S INVOLVEMENT IN ENDING FGM Training report - sustainable involvement of men in ending FGM In 2023, the Community of...
Report of the training on masculinities
By dismantling the injunctions of the hegemonic model of masculinity, this training on Masculinities finally allowed for an exchange on other ways of conceiving and living masculinities and to reflect on the place of men as allies in the fight to end FGM.
Webinaire Médical sur la Désinfibulation
Le 2 décembre à 14h00 Heure d’Europe centrale, se tiendra le webinaire médical sur la désinfibulation avec le Dr...
Webinar : innovative financing to ending harmful practices with UNICEF
On the 1st of December, at 3.30 PM CET, UNICEF will be presenting the paper: Innovative Financing for the Elimination of...
VOICES OF AFRICAN WOMEN AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND FGM
By Cynthia Umurungi, the COP moderator and Marianne Nguena, the COP Coordinator. “I want every girl to know that her voice...
LAW and FGM, are we having an implementation crisis?
By Cynthia Umurungi, moderator of the CoP on FGM, and Caroline Lagat, Programme Officer- End Harmful Practices at Equality...
Webinar: Gender transformative approaches to ending FGM”
CONTEXT In October and November 2021, AIDOS, GAMS Belgium and the End FGM European Network, organized a virtual...
Cascading Efforts Towards Ending FGM in Kenya
By Miss Everlyne (Eva) Komba* Female genital mutilation (FGM) is an internationally recognised violation of the human...
International Stakeholder Dialogue
This international stakeholder dialogue is organized by AIDOS, GAMS Belgium and the END FGM European Network. The dialogue...
Discover the CoP-FGM’s members
Doctors, sociologists, anthropologists, lawyers, scientifics, social workers, psychologists, project managers… Who are the members of the CoP FGM?
The Cop-FGM on facebook
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Have you had time to read the report on the training we organised on Male Involvement in Ending FGM?
Find it here and share it with colleagues. https://copfgm.org/training-report-on-the-sustainable-involvement-of-men-in-ending-fgm/