Endfgm

Did you know that Connecticut is 1 of 10 remaining U.S. states without any state-level legislation to protect girls from FGM/C? See how this coalition working to change this. Tell us about your organization. The Connecticut Coalition to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is a survivor-led, grassroots organization that formed in…

The USEndFGM/C Network consists of more than 100 members working to end female genital mutilation/cutting worldwide. Get to know the Inter-African Committee (IAC). Tell us about your organization. Established in 2006 as the U.S. wing of the Inter-African Committee, the guiding principle of IAC-USA is education, in order to bring…

Tell us about you/your organization. Pastoralist Child Foundation (PCF) was founded by Sayydah Garrett (Co-founder & President), a teacher from New Jersey, USA and Samuel Siriria Leadismo (Co-founder & Director), an anti-FGM activist in Kenya. Sayydah met Samuel whilst on a solo safari in Samburu and Maasai Mara, Kenya in…

Get to know Angela Peabody, the Founder of Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation (GWPF) and the meaning behind P.E.A.C.E. Tell us about your organization. Ten years ago, Angela Peabody, the Founder discovered that female circumcision, which was rampantly practiced in her native Liberia, was the same as female genital mutilation. Angela took…

Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the start of the #16DaysOfActivism which will conclude on Human Rights Day, indicating that violence against women is the most prevalent breach of human rights worldwide. This campaign is used as an organizing strategy by individuals, institutions…

By Adetayo Adetunji* Summary: · The burden of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has improved over the last couple of years but there are concerns over potential new hotspots for the practice in the Northern region of the country. · It is important to scale up strategies that work and it…

Now let me break your fancy tables you “elite “ of our broken and dysfunctional society as Africans and as Nigerians. …

On 10th March 2019 the first ever conviction for female genital mutilation took place in the UK. (1) A 37-year-old Ugandan woman, who lived in east London, was found guilty of cutting her three-year-old daughter despite deploying witchcraft to “shut up” her accusers. Her former partner, a 43-year-old Ghanaian…

Right now in Sierra Leone, there are thousands of girls eager for the day that all or part of their clitoris will be removed. Only they don’t know that that is what will happen when they enter the Bondo ”Bush”. What they’re told is only what happens after Bondo. After…