This section offers a collection of key resource material related to the practice of FGM and the existing frameworks developed to end the practice and protect affected women and girls. It is aimed for activists, lawyers, policy makers, government officials, civil society actors, researchers and anyone else who wants to investigate the issue of FGM in detail.
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Together with our Cypriot member, the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS), we have submitted this shadow report 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 European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has released a study estimating the number of girls at risk of FGM in Denmark, Spain, Luxembourg and Austria.
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The present paper sheds a light on laws, policies and practices in 7 European Union Member States (Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain) in the context of asylum claims on the ground of FGM.
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This position statement outlines the critical role of community engagement in tackling female genital mutilation (FGM) within Europe.
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This report is the result of the October-November 2020 Virtual International Stakeholders Dialogue.
More In this briefing directed to EU policy and decision makers, End FGM EU explains why it is important to integrate prevention and response to FGM within the humanitarian work of the European Commission.
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This Child Safeguarding Policy (CSP) outlines End FGM EU's and its Members’ commitment to protect children from harm and the responsibilities and procedures for all the actors linked to the Network who will have a direct contact with children in the context of the actions implemented by the Network and its Members.
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The technical note, published by UNFPA, supports the development of preparedness and response plans for addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on girls and women at risk of, and affected by, female genital mutilation.
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A new publication by the UNFPA offers a framework for changing discriminatory norms. Suggestions include creating a relationship of trust between communities and influencers and decision-makers and amplifying marginalised voices.
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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as a matter of gender equality was addressed in the Beijing Platform for Action, both specifically and within all forms of gender-based violence, in several critical areas of concern, namely: women and health, violence against women, human rights of women and the girl child. The aim of this Toolkit is to support national advocacy in light of the 25th Anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adoption and to analyse progress made.
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