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15/10/2019 European Week of Action for Girls
The End FGM European Network celebrated the International Day of the Girl by co-organising the European Week of Action for Girls on the 7-11 October. For a week, young activists from around the world spoke out for Girls' Rights to the European Union
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07/10/2019 Swiss Network against FGC: being the national contact point
It is estimated that approximately 14,700 women and girls living in Switzerland have undergone or are at risk of FGM/C
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07/10/2019 LebKom: Reaching the SDGs and ending FGM together with men
The last few months have been taken up with the upcoming high-level events during which the aim is to include FGM as it relates to achieving the SDGs by 2030. Men and boys also have to be successfully involved in the implementation of women and girls rights.
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17/09/2019 Youth ambassadors launch their YouTube channel!
The Young Ambassadors are creating their very own YouTube channel! The Purple Chair is a channel created by youths and for youths, to educate especially the younger generations about Female Genital Mutilation
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10/09/2019 European Commission: a new DG on 'Equality'
End FGM European Network welcomes with enthusiasm the creation of a new Directorate General (DG) on Equality under the new European Commission composition, proposed by Ursula Von der Leyen.
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05/09/2019 Uniting Forces to Ensure Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting is a Practice of the Past
An unprecedented gathering as a sector working globally across the issue to discuss what is needed to accelerate ending FGM/C by 2030.
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28/08/2019 Support to Kameel Ahmady
The End FGM European Network are saddened to hear the news of the arrest and detention in Iran of Kameel Ahmady, a social anthropologist, researcher and a friend of the Network. Kameel, who is a British-Iranian dual national was arrested in Tehran on 11 August and continues to be denied access to a lawyer.
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16/07/2019 TERRE DES FEMMES: Connecting with committed activists
As part of the EU-wide projects “Let’s CHANGE” and “Gender ABC”, TERRE DES FEMMES organised the third Community-Grillfest for migrant communities. We also started a new joint awareness-raising campaign with two other Germany-based organisations
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16/07/2019 Foreword from our Director, Fiona Coyle
I wanted to reflect on some of the Networks key pieces of work this year to date...
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16/07/2019 End FGM European Network at the French Senate
End FGM European Network was invited to the conference the French Senate “Reinforce the policies and the collaboration between all the actors against FGM”
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