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News and Events
06/02/2012
marks the ninth commemoration of the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting. An estimated 100 million to 140 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), and more than 3 million girls are a...
11/12/2011
The media have a strategic role to play in the diffusion of information. As such, they are a valued partner of the Joint Programme in promoting the abandonment of FGM/C. Radio and television are being used in Senegal, the Gambia and Ethiopia to disseminate correct infor...
25/10/2011
University of Nairobi hosted from 17 to 19 October 2011 an International Conference on Research, Healthcare and Preventive Measures for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and Support for Capacity Strengthening of Leadership and Research in Africa. The conference was orga...
17/10/2011
The Conference will be sponsored by the UNFPA and The University of Sydney (Australia) Other collaborating institutions are: The World Health Organisation (WHO)¸ the International Centre for Reproductive Health (ICRH) – Ghent University (Belgium), and The University...
13/09/2011
This past June, the National Popular Assembly (ANP) of Guinea-Bissau approved a law prohibiting female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) nationwide. The controversial law had been on the table for discussion for 16 years, before it was ultimately approved by 64 vot...
12/09/2011
Kenya has become the latest African country to ban female genital mutilation, with the passing of a law making it illegal to practice or procure it or take somebody abroad for cutting. The law even prohibits derogatory remarks about women who have not undergone FGM. Off...
01/09/2011
Guidelines on how to perform female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) issued by the Indonesian Ministry of Health could cause an increase in the practice, medical experts and rights groups fear. "This will give doctors a new motivation to circumcise [girls] because n...
23/08/2011
We are pleased to share with you results of the online discussion forum on “Medicalization of FGM/C: A curse or a blessing?” that was held from August 8-15, 2011. We had a fruitful discussion , received 323 views and 16 replies from 6 different countries: Egypt, Eri...
16/08/2011
A mullah in Iraqi-Kurdistan talked in a Friday sermon about the new bill against domestic violence that passed the parliament of Iraqi Kurdistan in June. This law also forbids the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Various clerics and members of Islamic groups...
08/08/2011
INTACT in collaboration with the UNFPA – UNICEF Joint Programme on FGM/C will be hosting a one week online discussion forum titled “Medicalization of FGM/C: A curse or a blessing?” during the period August 8-15, 2011. This global online forum is an opportunity to ...
01/08/2011
(BBC news) - Men must play their part in breaking the cycle of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a Bristol detective has said. Det Ch Insp Dave McCallum, who leads the public protection unit of Avon and Somerset Police, said men from communities that practise it "have t...
23/07/2011
"I was 8 years old when my mother took me and my sisters to the hospital. I was really terrified because I didn't know what was going on. I entered a white room and was told by the nurse to lie on the bed. A few minutes later, I felt severe pain and then everything ende...
13/07/2011
(Washington Post) - In an exclusive this week, the Women’s Media Center reveals that the African hotel maid accusing former International Monetary Fund head Dominic Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault came to America to protect her daughter from female genital mutilation. ...
06/05/2011
(NY Daily News ) Nana Ouattara, a tall and elegant Harlem mother of two, grew up never thinking anything was wrong with her body. Until the West African immigrant was examined at Metropolitan Hospital during her pregnancy in 1994. Only then did it begin to dawn on her...
15/04/2011
(The Guardian ) It feels incongruous to be sitting in a cafe in Kendal – a town they call "the gateway to the Lake District" – discussing women's rights in the Rift Valley. And yet it couldn't be more relevant: because Cath Holland, the down-to-earth Lancash...
02/03/2011
(FIGO) - UK education charity Feed the Minds is reportedly looking at ways to prevent female genital mutilation (FGM) around the world. It will be launching a research paper on International Women's Day, held on March 8th, to consider ways to tackle the problem, report...
14/02/2011
The Population Council’s INTACT network is pleased to welcome you to this online discussion forum “Public declarations: How effective are they in mobilizing communities against FGM/C?” on February 14-21, 2011. This global online forum is an opportunity to share ex...
07/02/2011
As part of its commemoration of Zero Tolerance Day under the USAID-funded IDEA project, PRB will host an Online Discussion on “Two Decades of Data Collection on Female Genital Cutting: What Has Changed?” When: Monday, Feb. 7, 2011 noon to 1 p.m. EST Featu...
06/02/2011
In Africa, if you play music in an open space, any music, then people will generally come. "It is the way to reach people, to bring them together." So says Sister Fa, a Senegalese urban soul and hip-hop star who has been lending her voice to a remarkable new drive again...
06/02/2011
UNITED NATIONS, New York—Over 6,000 communities have chosen to abandon the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), according to a joint United Nations programme designed to eliminate this practice, and the number is growing. UNFPA, the United Natio...
14/12/2010
(Population Council) - The Survey of young people in Egypt (SYPE) highlights the findings from a nationally representative survey of young people in Egypt aged 10-29. SYPE was fielded in 2009 and did a complete situation analysis of 15,029 young people aged 10 to 29 y...
25/11/2010
As we observe the 2010 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, let us acknowledge the widespread and growing efforts to address this important issue. No longer are women’s organizations alone. From Latin America to the United States, fr...
18/11/2010
(UNICEF) - A new report provides evidence on how communities across Africa are ending female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), despite strong countervailing social pressures. The Dynamics of Social Change: Towards the Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting i...
16/11/2010
(UNICEF/INNOCENTI) - Victims of Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting (FGM/C), and activists, share their insights and personal stories from Africa and Europe. Together they make a compelling case for the abandonment of FGM/C. This UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre docume...
11/11/2010
FLORENCE, Italy 18 November 2010 – A new report provides evidence on how communities across Africa are ending female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), despite strong countervailing social pressures. The Dynamics of Social Change: Towards the Abandonment of Fema...
07/11/2010
The Joint Programme on FGM/C in Sudan (implemented by UNICEF and UNFPA) organized a study visit to Egypt by four prominent Sudanese health professionals. The visit, which was coordinated by INTACT/ Cairo, aimed at familiarizing participants with Egypt’s experience in ...
31/08/2010
(WHO) – The practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) is still widespread in Egypt, with 91% prevalence in 2008 (Demographic Health Survey (DHS)). The limited reduction in spite of many years of campaigns against the practice indicates a limited understanding of...
31/07/2010
(WHO) - Decades of programming efforts aimed at eliminating female genital mutilation (FGM) have yielded varied and, in general, limited results. Reviews point to limits in the understanding of the process of decision making and change in the practice of FGM, and call f...
