Fatucha Banora and Ana So, were invited as Young Ambassadors of the End FGM European Network to the Subcommittee for Equality and Non-Discrimination, hold on June 1st, with a joint hearing of various entities on the subject of female genital mutilation, to talk about their work and the difficulties experienced in combating this harmful practice.
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In April and May, AIDOS produced and launched two animated videos in the framework of the “Building Bridges between Africa and Europe to tackle FGM” project. These are the last two in a series of four that tries to answer to questions such as What is female genital mutilation? What is a social norm? What is gender inequality?
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In October, the Chain consortium will be launching its awareness-raising campaign aimed at convincing practising communities to give up FGM and Early and Forced Marriage.
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End FGM EU Director, Anna Widegren moderated the High-level panel discussion of the Human Rights Council on the prevention of and response to female genital mutilation, in Geneva.
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Understanding Community Voices is a project that will attempt to showcase the work done by activists and members of community-centred organisations.
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Since September 2019, the project partners Lessan e.V., Femmes Entraide et Autonomie and TERRE DES FEMMES have been working within the framework of the EU co-funded project "Men Standing Up for Gender Equality" for the long-term overcoming of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and child, early and forced marriage (CEFM). A total of 30 men from affected communities in Hamburg, Paris and Berlin were trained as multipliers against gender-based violence.
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Every new presidency of the Council of the European Union, End FGM European Network sends our recommendations on different issues that are linked to FGM and Gender Equality.
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Together with our Cypriot member, the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS), and our Swiss member, the Network against FGC Switzerland, we have submitted two shadow reports to GREVIO, in order to highlight the current situation and propose concrete recommendations on the issue of prevention, protection, prosecution and integrated policies on female genital mutilation in Cyprus. While this report focuses only on the harmful practice of FGM, its aim is not to single it out in isolation, but to put emphasis on it while placing it within the continuum of gender-based violence against women and girls.
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The TuWezeshe Akina Dada is an international program which seeks to nurture a generation of young women from FGM-affected communities [Fellows] into effective leaders in the campaign against FGM. The TuWezeshe Fellowship incorporates a bespoke leadership training for women from FGM-affected communities aged 18-30 years who have a keen interest in research and FGM advocacy and are based in Europe. APPLY NOW!
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The End FGM European Network, together with a number of other European and national organisations, expresses its deepest concern for worrying trends in Turkey and Poland concerning potential withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention.
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