News & Events
United Nations Human Rights Council adopts new resolution on the elimination of female genital mutilation/cutting at its 59th session
The resolution affirms that female genital mutilation is a serious human rights violation rooted in gender inequality, worsened by medicalisation and cross-border practices.
22/07/2025Joint statement as EU Commission boosts funding to strengthen rights, equality, and democracy
Civil society organisations welcome the European Commission’s proposal to more than double the CERV+ budget within the new seven-year EU financial framework.
21/07/2025Weaponising Anti-FGM Laws to Fuel Transphobic Agendas in the US
On May 19, 2025, American Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced H.R. 3492, a bill that dangerously conflates FGM/C with gender-affirming care to justify banning the latter nationwide.
17/07/20252025 Knowledge Sharing Event: Countering the instrumentalisation of Female Genital Mutilation and Gender Based Violence in the political discourse
On June 20, 2025, the End FGM European Network held its annual Knowledge Sharing Event (KSE) in Brussels, Belgium, the day after its General Assembly taking the opportunity of having our members present in person.
Brussels Screening: The Cut: Exploring FGM
JOIN US June 5th for an unmissable screening of the Peabody Awards wining documentary 'The Cut: Exploring FGM' followed by a Q&A session with documentary correspondent Fatma M Naib.
09/05/2018The European Development Days 2018: Building Bridges between regions and people to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
End FGM EU & GIZ will share a panel session at this years European Development Days on 'Building Bridges between regions and people to end FGM'.
07/12/2017Report: The European Forum to Build Bridges on FGM
The European Forum to Build Bridges on FGM2 was held on 28 November in Brussels by the End FGM European Network (End FGM EU) in cooperation with the European Commission, and with the support of the Human Dignity Foundation and the Wallace Global Fund.
04/12/2017Screening: The Cut: Exploring FGM
Fatma Naib, who goes on a personal journey - from Somaliland to Kenya to Sweden – to explore the traditions and controversies inherent to Female Genital Mutilation.
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The End FGM European Network (End FGM EU) is a European umbrella network of 39 organisations working to ensure sustainable European action to end Female Genital Mutilation.
The Network strives to build bridges and cooperation’s with all relevant actors in the field of FGM both in Europe and globally. Platforming community voices to influence European governments and policy makers to work towards the elimination of FGM.
End FGM EU operates as a meeting ground for communities, NGOs, CSOs and EU level stakeholders to engage, interact and cooperate with one another by sharing experiences and exchanging knowledge. Through these exchanges, the Network pinpoints key areas in need of attention and address that can further develop the efforts to end FGM whilst securing opportunities for Members’ to best support them in their work.
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