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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![UK Multi-agency statutory guidance on female genital mutilation (2016)](/img-cache/ENDFGM.Ambassadors.training_thmb-091216-13.bd0f1db1.jpg)
The UK Home Office has developed multi-agency guidance on female genital mutilation.
More![Mutilations Génitales Féminines: Guide à l’usage des professions concernées (2011)](/img-cache/TheMeringueProjectEndlessBeauty_JeanMichelVoge-AnnaMichel.e2541891.jpg)
This comprehensive guide was developed by End FGM Network member GAMS Belgium.
More![Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists - Female Genital Mutilation and its Management (2015)](/img-cache/ENDFGM.Ambassadors.training_thmb-091216-13.bd0f1db1.jpg)
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has published guidelines providing evidence-based advice for obstetricians and gynaecologists on the clinical care of women with FGM.
More![Amnesty International - Codes of ethics & declarations relevant to the health professions (2009)](/img-cache/ENDFGM.Ambassadors.training_thmb-091216-13.bd0f1db1.jpg)
Amnesty International compiled selected ethics and human rights texts and other international standards relevant to health professionals.
More![Amnesty International - Codes of ethics & declarations relevant to the health professions (2009)](/img-cache/TheMeringueProjectEndlessBeauty_JeanMichelVoge-AnnaMichel.e2541891.jpg)
Amnesty International compiled selected ethics and human rights texts and other international standards relevant to health professionals.
More![AWEPA Guidelines for Parliamentarians – Abandoning Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (2012)](/img-cache/ENDFGM.Ambassadors.training_thmb-091216-13.bd0f1db1.jpg)
The Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa (AWEPA) developed these guidelines with the intention of enhancing the capacity of African and European parliamentarians to exercise their representative and legislative functions against FGM.
More![Amnesty International's END FGM European Campaign: A Strategy for the European Union Institutions (February 2010)](/img-cache/ENDFGM-091116-35_Low_paolopatruno.0710f05d.jpg)
The END FGM European Campaign developed a strategy in 2010 with a number of tangible recommendations to end FGM and protect women and girls arriving in Europe to flee from the threat of mutilation.
More![Asylum Information Database Report on the reception of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe](/img-cache/OJHopeandUnity.03b1d15a.jpg)
AIDA's 'Wrong counts and closing doors' demonstrates that the inability of reception systems to adapt to higher numbers of asylum seekers is a structural challenge throughout Europe.
More![Media friendly Glossary on Migration](/img-cache/ENDFGM.Ambassadors.training_thmb-091216-13.bd0f1db1.jpg)
This glossary on migration by the Panos Europe Institute and UNAOC was designed to offer precise and media-friendly definitions of key migration concepts.
More![IFJ Guidelines for reporting on violence against women](/img-cache/ENDFGM.Ambassadors.training_thmb-091216-13.bd0f1db1.jpg)
Violence against women and human rights violations can be difficult to report on, especially when deadlines are urgent. These guidelines give useful information on how to do so.
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