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
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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.
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
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...
End of the discussion on legislation against FGM
Time to close the discussion on Law & FGM We have now come to the end of our thematic discussion on Law &...
Launch of new discussion: Law & FGM
Let's discuss progress on the legal situations on FGM around the world since 2019 The CoP is launching a new discussion on...
Press review July & August 2021
Every month, the Community of Practice publishes not one but TWO press reviews with the latest news and tools on Female...
Press review July & August 2021
Every month, the Community of Practice publishes not one but TWO press reviews with the latest news and tools on Female...
I’m a Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation Survivor Who’s Finally Having Her #MeeToo Moment
By Farzana Doctor (*) “My best friend is a Bohra woman. We’ve known each other for decades, but we’ve never spoken about...
Press review May 2021
Every month, the Community of Practice publishes not one but TWO press reviews with the latest news and tools on Female...
Men and our duty to speak up against FGM
by Modou Lamin Davies Growing up in my community, I learnt to catcall women. Sometimes, adult men would send me to tell off...
Discover the CoP-FGM’s members
Doctors, sociologists, anthropologists, lawyers, scientifics, social workers, psychologists, project managers… Who are the members of the CoP FGM?
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