![LebKom: Reaching the SDGs and ending FGM together with men](/img-cache/FMP_P1100369-c-CENTER-for-PROFS.93205023.44b1cf60.jpg)
The last few months have been taken up with the upcoming high-level events during which the aim is to include FGM as it relates to achieving the SDGs by 2030. Men and boys also have to be successfully involved in the implementation of women and girls rights.
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The Young Ambassadors are creating their very own YouTube channel! The Purple Chair is a channel created by youths and for youths, to educate especially the younger generations about Female Genital Mutilation
More![European Commission: a new DG on 'Equality'](/img-cache/163c923a3847472e8c86464fac613423_18.98bc6bc2.44b1cf60.jpg)
End FGM European Network welcomes with enthusiasm the creation of a new Directorate General (DG) on Equality under the new European Commission composition, proposed by Ursula Von der Leyen.
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An unprecedented gathering as a sector working globally across the issue to discuss what is needed to accelerate ending FGM/C by 2030.
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The Network is leading 3 working groups that are a space for members to connect, share their knowledge and collaborate on joint initiatives on Asylum, Communication and Youth engagement.
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The End FGM European Network are saddened to hear the news of the arrest and detention in Iran of Kameel Ahmady, a social anthropologist, researcher and a friend of the Network. Kameel, who is a British-Iranian dual national was arrested in Tehran on 11 August and continues to be denied access to a lawyer.
More![TERRE DES FEMMES: Connecting with committed activists](/img-cache/Picture1.df6b8da8.e925d17f.png)
As part of the EU-wide projects “Let’s CHANGE” and “Gender ABC”, TERRE DES FEMMES organised the third Community-Grillfest for migrant communities. We also started a new joint awareness-raising campaign with two other Germany-based organisations
More![Foreword from our Director, Fiona Coyle](/img-cache/Fiona2.3d8905d9.44b1cf60.jpg)
I wanted to reflect on some of the Networks key pieces of work this year to date...
More![End FGM European Network at the French Senate](/img-cache/Senate-bis.48c749f9.44b1cf60.jpg)
End FGM European Network was invited to the conference the French Senate “Reinforce the policies and the collaboration between all the actors against FGM”
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An innovative programme which recognises the role of schools in influencing values, social norms and attitudes, and shaping behaviours. This programme will assist young people to identify and resist gender-based violence and to become agents of change.
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