This June, the Join our CHAIN project entered its fourth month. Each of the three organisations (Terre de Femmes, Germany; ActionAid Italy; AkiDwA, Ireland) were able to recruit eight community trainers and organised a kick-off meeting to get to know each other.
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The Network against Female Genital Cutting Switzerland launches the French version of the E-learning tool for professionals, a free resource which provides information worth knowing on the topic of FGM and offers concrete recommendations for action.
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The National FGM Centre has developed a free, accessible introductory e-Learning course on FGM, with 6 modules that include information, animations, quizzes and real life case studies to test your knowledge!
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The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS) is joining forces with multiple European partners on the "MARVOW 2.0" project, a multi-agency collaboration model to protect older women affected by violence in the European Union.
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GAMS Belgium launched a national awareness campaign to prevent female genital mutilation during summer holidays on May 23rd. The organisation welcomed Halimata Fofana, an inspirational author who has just published her second novel “À l’ombre de la cite Rimbaud”.
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In May, AkiDwA visited 2 schools and delivered presentations on FGM to a total of 160 boys and 120 girls. The organisation also recently launched the CHAIN project in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland. This launch was supported by the Cork Sexual Violence Centre and the Cork Sexual Assault Treatment Unit and attended by over 30 local migrant women.
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AIDOS started the second phase of the Gender Transformative Approaches (GTAs) to Ending Female Genital Mutilation project, kicking off a series of activities. Together with UNFPA, they also launched the State of the World Population 2023 report: 8 Billion Lives, Infinite Possibilities: The Case for Rights and Choices.
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A glimpse into what our Ambassadors achieved this summer - as well as news on their upcoming activities!
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AkiDwa is hosting a special graduation ceremony for a cohort of women seeking asylum in Ireland, who have been undertaking capacity-building training with AkiDwA over the past few months. The capacity-building training itself has involved a group of thirty-four women who are residing in four Emergency Accommodation Centres in Dublin.
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Our colleagues from the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies, Susana Elisa Pavlou (Director) and Christina Kaili (Senior Researcher - Project Coordinator) participated as panellists at two events of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) organised by the American University of Beirut, the Asfari Institute and the Debs Center, New York Office.
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