Media Hits

Bertrand Borg from the Times of Malta met with Dr Cristine Loudes, Director for the END FGM European Campaign

In November, the END FGM European Campaign met Robert Visser, Director of the European Asylum Support Office in Malta and organised two events on gender-sensitive asylum procedures.

On Friday 18 November, Amnesty International and a coalition of NGOs attended a conference in Malta on the opportunities and challenges in identifying and dealing with gender-based persecution. This article by Bertrand Borg, published in the Times of Malta this Saturday, is his account of the day.

On the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, is the EU living up to its commitments? Amnesty International highlights two areas of concern: girls affected by FGM and Roma children.

Aine Bonner of Irish Daily Star talks to strong voice Ifrah Ahmed and her experience of FGM.

Female circumcision will be inflicted on up to 2,000 British schoolgirls during the summer holidays – leaving brutal physical and emotional scars. Yet there have been no prosecutions against the practice

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

Campaign Director Dr Christine Loudes shows how the Belgian presidency of the EU can use the next six months to act against female genital mutilation.

A new campaign urges standard EU regulations to fight female genital mutilation.

Account of coverage in media of the 5-city launch of END FGM's strategy for the EU on ending FGM.

With hundreds of thousands of girls and women believed to be at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Europe, rights groups have mounted a campaign to get EU leaders to stop what they see as a barbaric and dangerous procedure.

MediaGlobal writes on the Global fight to eliminate FGM continues on International Day of Zero Tolerance. According to UNICEF, nearly 3 million girls are at risk of FGM each year, and nearly 120 to 140 million women have been subject to this the practice.

Press coverage and media hits on 6 February, International Day of Zero Tolerance to female genital mutilation

RTV Slovenia interviews Dr Christine Loudes to learn about END FGM European Campaign and its demands.

Partner organisations of the END FGM campaign speak to media on International day for elimination of violence against women.

Sweden was the first country in Europe to legislate against female genital mutilation. In the first week of the Swedish Presidency of the European Union, Christine Loudes, Campaign Director of END FGM European Campaign, writes a letter to the editor raising Sweden’s opportunities to once again lead the EU in addressing FGM.

Read the award-winning feature piece written by Ruadhán MacCormaic, Migration Correspondent of the Irish Times.

The Irish weekly paper, Sunday Business Post writes about the END FGM European Campaign as it is launched on the occasion of International Women’s Day with support from Dublin’s candidates for the European elections.

The Irish edition of The Sun covers the launch of the END FGM European Campaign in advance of International Women’s Day.