On the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child (11 October), Equipop launched a podcast on Female Genital Mutilation. The podcast was produced as part of the Let's CHANGE project.
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On 6 November 2020, the first Office for Assistance to Victims of Domestic Violence and/or Harmful Traditional Practices (GAV) started operating, thanks to the synergistic work of the High Commission for Migration, the Portuguese Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality, and APF.
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This December, AIDOS closed the “MED-RES” project with the Webinar “Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the context of migration in the Mediterranean region”, that was held on 11 December.
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The End FGM European Network welcomes the launch by the European Commission of the Gender Action Plan III (GAP III), an agenda for gender equality and women’s empowerment in EU external action.
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End FGM EU is looking for a film-making agency to produce two animated videos for the CHAIN Project Awareness Raising Campaign. The videos will aim at raising awareness amongst affected communities on the consequences of Female Genital Mutilation and Early and Forced Marriage and why these practices should be given up.
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As members of the Global Platform for Action to end FGM/C, we have signed this open letter with Girls Not Brides to call on the leaders of the Generation Equality Forum Action Coalition on Gender-based Violence to commit to ending the harmful practices of Female Genital Mutilation and Child, Early and Forced marriage (CEFM).
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The European Week of Action for Girls (EWAG) is a week-long programme of events and activities, based around the International Day of the Girl Child, on Friday, 11 October. This year our coalition of nine Civil Society Organisation joined forces for the eighth time, bringing together a group of close to 30 young advocates, from Europe and Africa, who connected online, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to share their recommendations with European Union decision-makers.
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Our Portuguese Youth Ambassadors, Ana Aua Só and Fatu Banora, organised an Online Workshop on the importance of involving young people from the affected communities in the fight against FGM, and promoted the publication of the Portuguese version of the Youth Engagement Manifesto.
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On 22 September, the End FGM European Network held the second part of its 2020 General Assembly. It was entirely dedicated to our Members sharing with each other their work, ideas and experiences.
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During the past months, our Ambassadors continued to spread awareness on FGM! Three of them had their own panel at our General Assembly, while two of them spoke during interesting online events!
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