Associate Members

The International Centre for Reproductive Health (ICRH) is a multidisciplinary research institute within Ghent University. ICRH is active in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe.

The hospital unit Réparons l’Excision was founded in Seine St Denis, France, in 2017 by Dr. Sarah Abramowicz. It adopts a multidisciplinary approach to care for FGM survivors, including gynecologists, forensic physicians, sexologists, midwives, and social workers.

Nosotras Onlus was founded in 1988 in Italy with the goal of promoting intercultural dialogue and advance women’s rights.

Ahcama is a humanitarian association who historically works against FGM and combat all forms of violence against women.

Amref Health Africa is the largest African-led health organization on the continent. Its mission is to increase sustainable health access to communities in Africa through solutions in human resources for health, health services delivery and investments in health.

Orchid Project ​is a UK-based NGO that is catalysing the global movement to end female genital cutting (FGC)

The Network against Female Genital Cutting Switzerland is a national network which aims at protecting girls and women from female genital cutting and ensuring medical care for those who have been subjected to it.

We will strive to work for the rights of Bohra women in all spheres of life. Specifically, on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)/Khafz, we all agree that the practice has no place in our lives and want it banned

ActionAid is a global rights organization. We work in over 45 countries for a fair, equitable and sustainable world where all people have the opportunity to shape their lives and live a life free from poverty and oppression. We have a feminist perspective on everything we do, whether it be fighting poverty or unjust power structures.

​Ifrah Foundation was founded in 2010 by Ifrah Ahmed, an Irish citizen originally from Somalia. It has been active in Somalia since 2013, where it is a registered Civil Society Organisation (CSO). Ifrah Foundation is also a registered charity in Ireland.

The association Women Safe & Children opened in 2014. It has supported 2800 women and 195 children from France and abroad. 40 professionals are working to free women's voices and help them get by.

Diotima Centre is a women’s, non-profit organization established in 1989 on the initiative of an interdisciplinary group of women.

Women’s Rights Foundation is a relatively young Maltese organisation that has always been involved in the area of violence against women and adopted an intersectional approach to address it.

Femmes Entraide et Autonomie (FEA) is a young organisation working on Female Genital Mutilation based in France.

WADI is the only organization in the EU working on FGM in Asian countries. They have provided the European network as well as the German network Integra with information on migrants from Asian countries.

Plan International Deutschland e.v. works towards ending FGM in Germany and beyond through projects, training of professionals and awareness-raising.

ActionAid Italy is a member of the ActionAid international federation working with over 15 million people in about 70 countries world-wide to achieve social justice, gender equality and poverty eradication.