International day of zero tolerance against FGM : CoP voices of change

On the International Day of Zero Tolerance against Female Genital Mutilation, the FGM Community of Practice shared videos from six committed activists, members of the CoP. The voices of these women resonated on Facebook and Twitter to speak out against and end this harmful practice.

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FGM and social norms

On February 6th 2021, International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, AIDOS launched the animated video “Dynamics of a social norm: Female Genital Mutilation”. It is part of a series of videos aiming to understand why communities continue to perpetrate FGM, under what circumstances this practice continues to exist.

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Campaign CoP Voices against FGM

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On the International Day of the Girl, we are proud to launch the Campaign “CoP Voices against FGM” on social media. The campaign aims to garner the experiences of our diverse members who are contributing to anti-Female Genital Mutilation policy and programming in their communities and respective fields.

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Online stakeholder dialogue on “Preventing and responding to Female Genital Mutilation in emergency and humanitarian contexts”

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This international stakeholder dialogue is organized by AIDOS, GAMS Belgium and the END FGM European Network. It is held in the frame of the project “Building bridges between Africa and Europe to tackle FGM”, supported by the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation.

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« REMOVAL OF SOTHIEUTES » IN SENEGAL – A TYPE IV FGM?
Image 2: The Wolof language in Senegal (source: Par SyntaxTerror — Travail personnel, File:Senegal adm location map.svg, Ethnologue maps (Mauritania, Senegal and the Gambia), CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78602911)

« REMOVAL OF SOTHIEUTES » IN SENEGAL – A TYPE IV FGM?

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This video was produced by Fatou Kébé and GAMS Belgium in October 2019 as part of the CoP FGM discussion on Type IV FGM.

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