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Publications
Amnesty International and Redress :Gender and Torture Conference Report
This conference report summarises the current international standards and the debates around addressing gender-specific violence, like female genital mutilation, as torture.
Read the report here
Amnesty International: Recommendations to the Polish EU Presidency
July 2011
Amnesty International European Institutions Office and AI Poland produce a memorandum detailing specific recommendations by which the Polish Presidency of the European Union can improve the human rights situation inside and outside the EU, including specific recommendations on violence against women.
Read the recommendations here
En-gendering the European Asylum Support Office
February 2011
END FGM European Campaign, ILGA-Europe and European Women's Lobby produced a common document raising demands on the newly created EU agency on asylum to ensure gender and equality perspectives are fully integrated.
Read the document here
Amnesty International: Recommendations to the European Union During the Hungarian Presidency
January 2011
Amnesty International European Institutions Office and AI Hungary produce a memorandum detailing specific recommendations by which the Hungarian Presidency of the European Union can improve the human rights situation inside and outside the EU.
A specific section on violence against women defines recommendations with clear indicators to ensure female genital mutilation is on the agenda of the Hungarian presidency.
Read the recommendations here
Amnesty International: Left without a choice: Barriers to reproductive health in Indonesia
November 2010
Left Without a Choice describes how government restrictions and discriminatory traditions threaten the lives of many Indonesian woman and girls by putting reproductive health services beyond their reach.
One such discriminatory practice is that of female genital mutilation. This report details the practice of FGM and the lack of clarity and laws on this issue.
Read the report here
Amnesty International Contribution to the Consulation on the European Commission Communication on the Rights of the Child (2011-2014)
August 2010
This Amnesty International contribution addresses two groups of vulnerable children: Roma children and girls affected by female genital mutilation. Previous commitments by the EU to protect children's rights are recalled and new recommendations are made to ensure a holistic and comprehensive children's rights strategy. Read the contribution here
Amnesty International Contribution to the Consultation on an EU strategy for Combating Violence against Women 2011-2015
July 2010
The new European Union strategy combating violence against women is a necessary development that follows the path paved by the Women's Charter and the Action Plan implementing the Stockholm Programme. This contribution of Amnesty International highlights the key dimensions on violence against women and in particular the recommendations outlined in the END FGM European Campaign Strategy for the EU institutions. Read the contribution here
Amnesty International: Recommendations to the European Union During the Belgian Presidency
July 2010
Amnesty International European Institutions Office has drafted a memorandum with concrete recommendations for the Belgian presidency during the period July - December 2010. This memo has incorporated the issue of FGM. Read the document here
From Promises to Delivery: Putting human rights at the heart of the Millennium Development Goals
June 2010
Amnesty International has released a report that shows the failures in addressing women’s human rights across all eight targets of the Millennium Development Goals, despite human rights being a crucial element in tackling poverty. Read From Promises to Delivery here
Ending FGM to promote the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
May 2010
This campaign digest, released on the occasion of Mother's Day, addresses the need to address FGM as an underlying cause of the lack of progress on the Millennium Development Goals. In particular, FGM and its ill-effects prevent achievement of MDG 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Read the document here
ENDING FGM: A Strategy for the European Union Institutions
February 2010
END FGM European Campaign has developed a strategy that identifies how the European Union can end female genital mutilation and protect the rights of women and girls subjected to, or under threat of, FGM. The strategy looks at five key dimensions in which the EU can make real progress in the fight against this practice. The recommendations made to the European Institutions and Member States are practical, based on human rights principles and informed by real women's and girls' experiences.
Main strategy is available in ENGLISH and FRENCH
Executive Summary is available in ENGLISH, FRENCH, PORTUGUESE, GERMAN and GREEK
22 October 2009
Amnesty International has compiled declarations made by various organisations of health professionals. In particular, this document contains resolutions and guidelines for health professionals on dealing with female genital mutilation.
22 September 2009
Approximately 94 per cent of Sierra Leone’s female population have been subjected to female genital mutilation, which according to the World Health Organization greatly increases the risks for women during childbirth. Although there have been some efforts among civil society to campaign for its abolition, the government has done little to prevent FGM.
This Amnesty International report addresses the various factors including harmful traditional practices like FGM and their impact on the health of pregnant women and mothers in Sierra Leone.
July 2009
Amnesty International’s response to the communication of the European Commission on the future Stockholm Programme describes how the EU could effectively deal with female genital mutilation in the EU through this 5 year programme.
April 2009
Among the range of human rights concerns addressed in this Amnesty International (AI) document, female genital mutilation is raised as a human rights violation. AI calls upon the EU to protect the rights of young girls and women by adopting a framework to deal with FGM in the EU and in third countries.
