by LP | Dec 22, 2020 | News EN
PREVENTING AND RESPONDING TO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IN EMERGENCY AND HUMANITARIAN CONTEXTS Between October and November 2020, 76 experts from 44 organizations in 31 countries and 5 world regions gathered online to participate in multiple virtual stakeholder...
by LP | Nov 6, 2020 | News EN
COP-FGM WEBINAR: PREVENTING AND RESPONDING TO FGM IN HUMANITARIAN SETTINGS On November 12 2020 GAMS Belgium, AIDOS and End FGM EU organize in the context of the Community of Practice on Female Genital Mutilation (CoP-FGM) a webinar to draw attention to the prevention...
by LP | Oct 29, 2020 | Conversion of cutters, Interviews
“Our method has met little resistance in Sierra Leone” RUGIATU NENEH TURAY, DIRECTOR OF AMAZONIAN INITIATIVE MOVEMENT Rugiatu was an expert in the discussion on Conversion of traditional cutters as a strategy to end FGM. She shared her experience...
by LP | Oct 29, 2020 | Conversion of cutters
Reconversion d’exciseuses Difficulties in working with traditional cutters Identifying the traditional FGM practitioners Members shared the difficulties they have encountered when working with the people who practice FGM and engaging them in the work against...
by LP | Oct 29, 2020 | Conversion of cutters
Conversion of cutters Conversion of cutters is not a “stand-alone strategy” During the discussion, there seemed to be a general consensus within the CoP FGM that the conversion of cutters is not a strategy that would work in isolation, but instead would be...
