News | End FGM

10/07/2020 Orchid Project - A consultation on FGM across the Asia region

During the past months, Orchid Project continued to work on the #DontCutHerShort campaign and co-hosted the Webinar "Our Issue Too, Voices from Asia", on FGM prevalence across the Asia region.

10/07/2020 AIDOS carrying on amidst the Covid-19 pandemic

As most NGOs, during the lockdown AIDOS has been busy rethinking and reshaping projects and activities, but also benefitting from and creating opportunities to learn and share knowledge.

25/06/2020 GAMS Belgium - Webinar on Feminism and Anti-Racism

On the 19th of May, GAMS Belgium organised a Webinar called "Féminisme et antiracisme : perspectives pour la lutte contre les MGF en Belgique" (Feminism & Anti-Racism: perspectives to fight against FGM in Belgium).

25/06/2020 WEBINAR - Eliminating FGM during the COVID-19 Pandemic

On the 5th of May, Chiara Cosentino represented End FGM EU at the FGM Donor Working Group Webinar on responding to the impact of COVID-19 on the elimination of Female Genital Mutilation.

24/06/2020 WEBINAR - FGM Protection Orders: A British Legal Remedy to be Rolled out in other EU Countries?

During this Webinar - that took place the 16th of June 2020 - we considered with experts on FGM whether the FGM Protection Orders might be effective in other jurisdictions, particularly across the EU, which have the infrastructure to introduce a similar legal remedy.

24/06/2020 The Purple Chair Launch!

The Youth Ambassadors of the End FGM European Network created their very own YouTube Series about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). And they launched it in May!

19/06/2020 Call for the development of an Online Interactive Map on FGM

End FGM EU would like to create a user-friendly interactive map on our website to make accessible to the public a mapping study we have conducted around laws, policies, services and data about FGM in 14 European countries.

29/05/2020 COVID-19 and FGM: An End FGM EU survey on the pandemic impact on women, girls and organisations

End FGM EU has conducted an internal survey among our member organisations and community Ambassadors around their work Europe and beyond, including the impact of COVID-19 on women and girls affected by FGM as well as the impact on organisations working on FGM.

04/05/2020 Adapting in emergencieis: A promising practice for ending FGM in Kenya

During a humanitarian crises, conflict and disasters, state and social structures are weakened, making Sexual Gender Bases Violence and Harmful Traditional Practices even more likely to occur. However in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a promising practice has emerged.

22/04/2020 GAMS Belgium informs and provides support

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, GAMS Belgium wishes to reassure its beneficiaries and remains supportive. The team wants to make sure that everyone can access and understand all the information.