News & Events
Racial bias and the failure of Ireland’s first FGM trial
RTÉ released First Conviction, a documentary and podcast that trace how one family became the centre of Ireland’s first FGM conviction and later fought to clear their name.
25/11/2025Sophia Colloquium: Talking about female genital mutilation in Belgium without racism
On 12 November 2025, Sophia, the Belgian network for gender studies, organised a colloquium at Pianofabriek in Saint Gilles. One of the workshops was moderated by our director, Marianne Nguena Kana.
13/11/2025Urgent call for EU action to protect women and girls in Sudan
The End FGM European Network urges the EU to take urgent action to protect women and girls in Sudan from escalating sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), including female genital mutilation (FGM).
12/11/2025Now Available in Italian: “FGM/C : A Call for a Global Response ‑ Global Report 2025”
End FGM EU is pleased to announce that this key tool for advancing global action against FGM is now available in Italian.
Brussels Screening: The Cut: Exploring FGM
JOIN US June 5th for an unmissable screening of the Peabody Awards wining documentary 'The Cut: Exploring FGM' followed by a Q&A session with documentary correspondent Fatma M Naib.
09/05/2018The European Development Days 2018: Building Bridges between regions and people to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
End FGM EU & GIZ will share a panel session at this years European Development Days on 'Building Bridges between regions and people to end FGM'.
07/12/2017Report: The European Forum to Build Bridges on FGM
The European Forum to Build Bridges on FGM2 was held on 28 November in Brussels by the End FGM European Network (End FGM EU) in cooperation with the European Commission, and with the support of the Human Dignity Foundation and the Wallace Global Fund.
04/12/2017Screening: The Cut: Exploring FGM
Fatma Naib, who goes on a personal journey - from Somaliland to Kenya to Sweden – to explore the traditions and controversies inherent to Female Genital Mutilation.
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The End FGM European Network (End FGM EU) is a European umbrella network of 42 organisations working to ensure sustainable European action to end Female Genital Mutilation.
The Network strives to build bridges and cooperation’s with all relevant actors in the field of FGM both in Europe and globally. Platforming community voices to influence European governments and policy makers to work towards the elimination of FGM.
End FGM EU operates as a meeting ground for communities, NGOs, CSOs and EU level stakeholders to engage, interact and cooperate with one another by sharing experiences and exchanging knowledge. Through these exchanges, the Network pinpoints key areas in need of attention and address that can further develop the efforts to end FGM whilst securing opportunities for Members’ to best support them in their work.
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