This section offers a collection of key resource material related to the practice of FGM and the existing frameworks developed to end the practice and protect affected women and girls. It is aimed for activists, lawyers, policy makers, government officials, civil society actors, researchers and anyone else who wants to investigate the issue of FGM in detail.
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![Support Services Position Paper and Infographic](/img-cache/1.Safe%20Spaces.fa4d323f.jpg)
In this position paper and infographic, we focus on the provision of support services aiming to provide health care, including counselling or access to health care, for Survivors of FGM.
More![Report: Gender Transformative Approaches to Ending Female Genital Mutilation](/img-cache/istockphoto-1192285342-170667a.b1883f5b.jpg)
Between October and November 2021, more than 50 experts from more than 40 organisations and 25 countries from different world regions gathered online to participate in the International Stakeholder Dialogue sessions.
More![Good Practice Poster](/img-cache/Website-LinkedIn.81553ade.png)
A policy roadmap for stakeholders who want to contribute to end FGM in Europe.
More![Generation Equality Forum - Policy Briefing](/img-cache/alvaro-serrano-hjwKMkehBco-unsplash.ec5cb1bb.jpg)
Together with our partners of the Global Platform for Action to end FGM/C, we published a policy briefing on the occasion of the Paris Generation Equality Forum.
More![GREVIO Joint Shadow Report: Greece](/img-cache/alvaro-serrano-hjwKMkehBco-unsplash.ec5cb1bb.jpg)
Together with our Greek member, we have submitted a shadow report 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 Greece. It does not only analyse the application of the specific FGM Article 38 of the Istanbul Convention but addresses the full range of articles in the Convention and how they are applied to tackle FGM.
More![GREVIO Joint Shadow Report: Switzerland](/img-cache/alvaro-serrano-hjwKMkehBco-unsplash.ec5cb1bb.jpg)
Together with our Swiss member, the Network against FGC Switzerland, we have submitted a shadow report 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 Switzerland. 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.
More![GREVIO Joint Shadow Report: Cyprus](/img-cache/alvaro-serrano-hjwKMkehBco-unsplash.ec5cb1bb.jpg)
Together with our Cypriot member, the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS), we have submitted this shadow report 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.
More![EIGE report: Estimation of girls at risk of FGM in 4 EU countries](/img-cache/Screenshot-2023-05-12-at-11.21.11.f386d40e.png)
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has released a study estimating the number of girls at risk of FGM in Denmark, Spain, Luxembourg and Austria.
More![The Impact of Asylum Laws, Policies and Practices on FGM-Affected women and girls in Europe](/img-cache/Screen-Shot-2021-06-21-at-10.33.56.c4b50b18.png)
The present paper sheds a light on laws, policies and practices in 7 European Union Member States (Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain) in the context of asylum claims on the ground of FGM.
More![Community Engagement Position Paper- Strategies for Effective Community Engagement](/img-cache/Screen%20Shot%202021-03-10%20at%2010.48.15.218524bc.png)
This position statement outlines the critical role of community engagement in tackling female genital mutilation (FGM) within Europe.
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