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Media Hits
Irish Times: Breaking the silence of genital mutilation - (05/07/2010)
Greater awareness among healthcare workers in Ireland is needed to help women who have undergone ‘female circumcision’, writes CATHERINE REILLY
Time for concrete EU action against female genital mutilation - (29/06/2010)
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.
Will the EU help end FGM? - (21/03/2010)
A new campaign urges standard EU regulations to fight female genital mutilation.
Media coverage of FIVE STOPS TO END FGM launch tour - (08/03/2010)
Account of coverage in media of the 5-city launch of END FGM's strategy for the EU on ending FGM.
EUROPE: Fight Female Mutilation Harder Activists Urge EU - (17/02/2010)
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.
Global fight to eliminate FGM continues on International Day of Zero Tolerance - (11/02/2010)
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 on International day of Zero Tolerance to FGM - (06/02/2010)
Press coverage and media hits on 6 February, International Day of Zero Tolerance to female genital mutilation
RTV Slovenia interviews Campaign Director - (25/11/2009)
RTV Slovenia interviews Dr Christine Loudes to learn about END FGM European Campaign and its demands.
Partners speak out on International day against violence against women - (25/11/2009)
Partner organisations of the END FGM campaign speak to media on International day for elimination of violence against women.
Sweden should make equality a priority - (02/07/2009)
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.
'I just want children to be safe' - (28/03/2009)
Read the award-winning feature piece written by Ruadhán MacCormaic, Migration Correspondent of the Irish Times.
Dublin MEPs give their backing to anti-FGM campaign - (08/03/2009)
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.
End girls’ mutilation - (05/03/2009)
The Irish edition of The Sun covers the launch of the END FGM European Campaign in advance of International Women’s Day.
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