News | End FGM

27/02/2020 Building bridges to end FGM in Paris with 5 members of the Network!

On the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, our member Excision, parlons-en!, organised an important seminar on ending FGM at national, European and international level.

27/02/2020 AkiDwA – 2020 Commitment to ending FGM

AkiDwA marked the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM with the launch of their Manifesto for an FGM free Ireland.

27/02/2020 AIDOS – Launch of the “How to talk about FGM” guide in Italy

AIDOS launched the Italian version of the “How to talk about FGM” guide and took part in a series of events in Rome and in Brussels.

27/02/2020 ActionAid Sweden - National conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Action Aid Sweden shared its work against Female Genital Mutilation in a national conference.

14/02/2020 Consultancy - Youth-expert Facilitation wanted!

End FGM EU is seeking the consultancy services of a facilitator for its Gender ABC project closing event

13/02/2020 Volunteer position open - Work with us!

We are looking for our new colleague to assist the End FGM European Network to highlight and promote the work of community members in ending FGM and supporting survivors.

03/02/2020 Research paper on FGM Emerging Trends among the Kisii, Kenya

We are pleased to share the article of Eva Komba, Tammary Esho and Van Eerkert on FGM emerging trends among the Kisii.

07/01/2020 Sister Fa - A documentary in Senegal

Fatou Diatta, also known as Sister Fa, is a rapper and artist fighting against Female Genital Mutilation in Senegal and Europe. She is also an active Ambassador of the European Network, raising her voice against FGM among stakeholders and decision-makers. The journalist Andrew Smith made a short documentary for Al Jazeera, tracing her story and her fight against this harmful traditional practice

19/12/2019 Finland: involving men in the fight against FGM

Fatima Awil - Advocacy Officer of the End FGM European Network - spoke at a seminar on ending FGM and the role of men and boys from the Somali community. The event was both in Somali & Finnish.

18/12/2019 ICPD+25 Nairobi Summit: Moving from conversation to increased action

In November, the Kenyan capital Nairobi played host to a three-day summit to mark 25 years since the landmark International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). Fiona Coyle - Director of the End FGM European Network - was there and gives us her takeaways.