News | End FGM

16/07/2019 Foreword from our Director, Fiona Coyle

I wanted to reflect on some of the Networks key pieces of work this year to date...

16/07/2019 End FGM European Network at the French Senate

End FGM European Network was invited to the conference the French Senate “Reinforce the policies and the collaboration between all the actors against FGM”

16/07/2019 News from Gender ABC

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.

15/07/2019 EASO Consultative Forum Thematic Meeting on gender-related persecution

End FGM European Network was invited to facilitate a workshop on “Harmful traditional practices as ground for asylum”

15/07/2019 Finnish League: National Action Plan for the prevention of FGM

As an estimated 10,000 girls or women who have undergone FGM and approx. 650–3,080 girls at risk of FGM are living in Finland, preventing female genital mutilation remains a highly topical issue.

15/07/2019 End FGM EU at Women Deliver 2019

For the first time, the Network participated to the Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver from 3 to 6 June. The 2019 theme was "Power. Progress. Change"

15/07/2019 Pharos: A new study on FGM/C in the Netherlands

The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of FGM/C and the number of girls at risk of FGM/C. National population-based survey data were applied to females living in the Netherlands who migrated from countries where FGM/C is practised

15/07/2019 GAMS Belgium: International Experts’ meeting on female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C)

The Universities of Geneva, Brussels and Montreal (Le G3 de la Francophonie) organized the 3d International Experts’ meeting on female genital mutilation / cutting (FGM/C) in collaboration with GAMS-Belgium and other Belgian partners.

15/07/2019 UNAF: Training in prevention and intervention on FGM in Spain

The need for training in prevention and intervention on FGM for professionals working in humanitarian and refugee shelters is a growing demand in Spain. UNAF has taught several courses involving 136 professionals

15/07/2019 AIDOS: “Against All Odds” movie wins first prize at the Fespaco Festival, Ouagadougou

“Against All Odds” tells the true story of Charity, who was the first girl in her village to say no to FGM, when she was only 12 years old