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Upcoming events

END FGM launch tour reaches final stop: London - (15/03/2010)

FORWARD UK and END FGM European Campaign launch the strategy in House of Commons on 22 March 2010.

Engaging Belgium against female genital mutilation - (02/03/2010)

GAMS and END FGM European Campaign to hold a press conference on 4 March 2010 to launch its new strategy. Belgian Minister of Public Health Laurette Onkelinx and Vice President of European Parliament Isabelle Durant will be attending.

Cyprus launches strategy to END FGM - (15/02/2010)

Nicosia hosts the third stop in the tour launch of ENDING FGM: A Strategy for the EU institutions on 24 February 2010

Vienna hosts launch of European strategy to END FGM - (09/02/2010)

Vienna, Austria to host second stop of the tour launch of the END FGM European Strategy on 17 February 2010 at Palais Epstein

Ireland launches ENDING FGM: A strategy for the EU Institutions - (27/01/2010)

AkiDwA and Amnesty International Ireland launch ENDING FGM: A Strategy for European Union Institutions in Dublin, Ireland on 4 February 2010. The strategy will be launched in various European cities as part of the FIVE STOPS TO END FGM launch tour.

Latest News

Belgique: Une femme menacée d’excision au Sierra Leone risque l’expulsion

07/07/2010 - News by GAMS Belgique et Intact

Theresa, une jeune femme Sierra Léonaise, âgée de 27 ans, vient d'être déboutée d'une demande d'asile introduite sur base du risque d'excision en cas de retour au pays. Elle est actuellement détenue en centre fermé 127 bis à Zaventem depuis plus d’une semaine et doit être expulsée très prochainement. [...]
Irish Times: Breaking the silence of genital mutilation

05/07/2010 - News by Irish Times

Greater awareness among healthcare workers in Ireland is needed to help women who have undergone ‘female circumcision’, writes CATHERINE REILLY [...]