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11/12/2023 2023 Annual Ambassadors Intergenerational Meeting: Sharing Wisdom, Strengthening Bonds

On October 14th and 15th the annual Ambassadors Intergenerational Meeting took place in Brussels.

08/12/2023 JOIN OUR TEAM - Call for Senior Project Officer

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced individual to join us as a Senior Project Officer of End FGM European Network and lead our projects.

01/12/2023 JOIN OUR TEAM - Call for Communications Officer

End FGM EU is looking for a creative and dynamic Communications Officer to be responsible for the Network’s communications activities.

24/11/2023 Submission of GREVIO Joint Shadow Reports: United Kingdom

On 22 November 2023, the End FGM European Network and its UK members, National FGM Centre, FORWARD UK, We Speak Out and Orchid Project submitted a Shadow Report to the Council of Europe GREVIO Committee, on the implementation of the Istanbul Convention by the UK.

15/11/2023 End FGM EU Takes Action at Women Deliver Conference: Catalysing Global Efforts to End FGM/C

On 16th of July 2023, jointly with the partners from the Global Platform for Action to End FGM/C and the Interregional Coalition, End FGM EU organised a full-day Women Deliver pre-conference titled “Catalyzing Global Action To End Female Genital Mutilation Or Cutting (Fgm/C)”

15/11/2023 Call for Consultants - Development of 3 Animated Videos for the Join Our Chain Project

End FGM EU is looking for an agency to produce three high-quality animated videos that aim at promoting and showcasing the Intervention Chain models of Germany, Italy and Ireland.

06/10/2023 The EU Youth Action Plan - now what? Insights from civil society

In October 2022, the European Commission launched its first-ever Youth Action Plan (YAP) for EU external action, covering 2022-2027. This paper, written jointly by European civil society organisations, offers a brief analysis of the YAP and introduces a set of recommendations for its execution.

28/09/2023 Joint civil society position on the Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence

Together with other civil society organisations, we call on EU institutions to ensure that the Directive truly serves the needs of all survivors/victims of violence against women and girls and domestic violence, advances the achievement of gender equality and the effective protection of victims’ rights in the European Union, and recognizes the essential role of civil society organisations in ensuring prevention, protection, and direct support services for victims.

15/09/2023 End FGM EU's Letter of recommendations to the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU

As part of our advocacy efforts, every six months we send End FGM EU’s recommendations to the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union on matters related to FGM and Gender Equality. On September 13, we addressed Spain with a letter of recommendations for their ongoing semester as Presidency of the Council.

23/08/2023 Joint Statement: Welcoming the European Commission’s Publication of the Revised Victims’ Rights Directive

On July 13th, the European Commission released the proposed revision of the Victims' Rights Directive. End FGM EU together with the wider community of NGOs working on victims' rights in Europe have signed this join statement to welcome the awaited Revision proposal, but also to highlight some shortcomings.