by admin_HRWF | Jun 3, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
EU: Launching the first Interactive Map on FGM Laws, Policies and Data in Europe On Friday, 28 May 2021, International Day for Women’s Health, End FGM EU launched the FGM in Europe online interactive map in a high-level launch event with European decision-makers....
by admin_HRWF | Apr 28, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
After years of unsuccessfully campaigning for an anti-FGM law in Mali, rights groups file complaint at the ECOWAS court By Nita Bhalia Thomson Reuters Foundation (12.04.2021) – https://tmsnrt.rs/32W4j6l – Mali’s failure to outlaw female...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 28, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Most of the 28 countries in Africa where FGM is endemic have banned FGM, although enforcement is generally weak By Menna A. Farouk Thomson Reuters Foundation (26.04.2021) – https://tmsnrt.rs/2R3Bl1K – Egypt has toughened penalties for female...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 23, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
By Nazia Parveen and Aamna Mohdin WUNRN (18.02.2021) – https://bit.ly/2ZHWzDu – Safeguarding policies introduced to protect women and girls against female genital mutilation (FGM) are instead eroding trust and alienating African diaspora...
by admin_HRWF | May 26, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
By Emma Batha Thomson Reuters Foundation (18.05.2020) – https://reut.rs/2LVFgrI – Somalia’s coronavirus lockdown has led to a huge increase in female genital mutilation (FGM), with circumcisers going door to door offering to cut girls stuck at home...
