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08/09/2025 Ten Years of the End FGM European Network: From Reflection to Collective Renewal

In 2024, the End FGM European Network celebrated its tenth anniversary. A decade of strong collective commitment to ending female genital mutilation (FGM) in Europe and beyond.

05/09/2025 Draft OECD DAC Guidelines – Eligibility of Human Rights Activities for ODA

End FGM EU, as a member of the Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN), welcomes efforts to clarify the eligibility of human rights activities for ODA. However, human rights are integral to development and must be strengthened, not excluded.

21/08/2025 Our Contribution to the 2026–2030 Gender Equality Strategy Consultation

End FGM EU urges EU to prioritise prevention, intersectionality, survivor support, community engagement, professional training, civil society cooperation, and structural change in the 2026–2030 Gender Equality Strategy.

18/08/2025 Joint Statement on the Tragic Death of a One-Month-Old from FGM/C in The Gambia

The Global Platform for Action to End FGM/C is shocked and heartbroken by the tragic, preventable death of a one-month-old baby girl due to FGM/C on August 10, 2025, in Wellingara, The Gambia.

12/08/2025 HRDN Statement on EC Proposal for Post-2027 Global Europe Regulation

The Human Rights and Democracy Network addresses a statement to EU leaders to call for better funding to civil society in the next EU budget

11/08/2025 End FGM EU stands in solidarity with Palestine: ceasefire now

The End Female Genital Mutilation European Network (End FGM EU) joins the international movement for solidarity with Palestine.

United Nations Human Rights Council adopts new resolution on the elimination of female genital mutilation/cutting at its 59th session

04/08/2025 United Nations Human Rights Council adopts new resolution on the elimination of female genital mutilation/cutting at its 59th session

The resolution affirms that female genital mutilation is a serious human rights violation rooted in gender inequality, worsened by medicalisation and cross-border practices.

22/07/2025 Joint statement as EU Commission boosts funding to strengthen rights, equality, and democracy

Civil society organisations welcome the European Commission’s proposal to more than double the CERV+ budget within the new seven-year EU financial framework.

21/07/2025 Weaponising Anti-FGM Laws to Fuel Transphobic Agendas in the US

On May 19, 2025, American Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced H.R. 3492, a bill that dangerously conflates FGM/C with gender-affirming care to justify banning the latter nationwide.

2025 Knowledge Sharing Event: Countering the instrumentalisation of Female Genital Mutilation and Gender Based Violence in the political discourse

17/07/2025 2025 Knowledge Sharing Event: Countering the instrumentalisation of Female Genital Mutilation and Gender Based Violence in the political discourse

On June 20, 2025, the End FGM European Network held its annual Knowledge Sharing Event (KSE) in Brussels, Belgium, the day after its General Assembly taking the opportunity of having our members present in person.