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31/08/2021 AIDOS - “Building Bridges” between Africa and Europe to stop FGM

In April and May, AIDOS produced and launched two animated videos in the framework of the “Building Bridges between Africa and Europe to tackle FGM” project. These are the last two in a series of four that tries to answer to questions such as What is female genital mutilation? What is a social norm? What is gender inequality?

31/08/2021 Coming soon: the CHAIN Awareness-Raising Campaign

In October, the Chain consortium will be launching its awareness-raising campaign aimed at convincing practising communities to give up FGM and Early and Forced Marriage.

31/08/2021 End FGM EU Director moderates High Level Panel Discussion of the Human Rights Council

End FGM EU Director, Anna Widegren moderated the High-level panel discussion of the Human Rights Council on the prevention of and response to female genital mutilation, in Geneva.

31/08/2021 Understanding Community Voices Project

Understanding Community Voices is a project that will attempt to showcase the work done by activists and members of community-centred organisations.

31/08/2021 Ambassadors Update - End of Summer

A look at everything our ambassadors have been doing over the summer.

27/07/2021 Two years of "Men Standing Up for Gender Equality": Together against FGM/C and CEFM!

Since September 2019, the project partners Lessan e.V., Femmes Entraide et Autonomie and TERRE DES FEMMES have been working within the framework of the EU co-funded project "Men Standing Up for Gender Equality" for the long-term overcoming of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and child, early and forced marriage (CEFM). A total of 30 men from affected communities in Hamburg, Paris and Berlin were trained as multipliers against gender-based violence.

22/07/2021 Our recommendations to the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Every new presidency of the Council of the European Union, End FGM European Network sends our recommendations on different issues that are linked to FGM and Gender Equality.

08/07/2021 Submission of GREVIO Joint Shadow Reports: Cyprus and Switzerland

Together with our Cypriot member, the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS), and our Swiss member, the Network against FGC Switzerland, we have submitted two shadow reports to GREVIO, in order to highlight the current situation and propose concrete recommendations on the issue of prevention, protection, prosecution and integrated policies on female genital mutilation in Cyprus. While this report focuses only on the harmful practice of FGM, its aim is not to single it out in isolation, but to put emphasis on it while placing it within the continuum of gender-based violence against women and girls.

06/07/2021 TuWezeshe Akina Dada  Leadership & Fellowship Programme 2021

The TuWezeshe Akina Dada is an international program which seeks to nurture a generation of young women from FGM-affected communities [Fellows] into effective leaders in the campaign against FGM. The TuWezeshe Fellowship incorporates a bespoke leadership training for women from FGM-affected communities aged 18-30 years who have a keen interest in research and FGM advocacy and are based in Europe. APPLY NOW!

19/04/2021 Network General Assembly 2021 - 20 May

The End FGM European Network General Assembly will be held online on 20 May 2021!