62 Search Results Found For : "FGM"



The Role of Policymakers in Ending Female Genital Mutilation: An African Perspective

(2010) The idea of intentionally harming—let alone mutilating—healthy young girls stirs feelings of anger and injustice. The fact that thousands of girls are mutilated daily in the name of culture, religion, or gender is difficult to imagine.

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Evidence to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

PRB was a partner on Evidence to End FGM/C: Research to Help Girls and Women Thrive, a UKAID-funded research program to end female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) within one generation.

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Project: Evidence to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Interactive. FGM/C and Its Health Consequences: Implications for Policy, Advocacy, and Investment

This site offers a clear understanding of the health effects of FGM/C to provide direction for future investment by donors, highlight important knowledge gaps for further research, help medical professionals identify and manage complications, and strengthen advocates’ messages.

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Combating FGM in Villages in Senegal: A Photo Slideshow

(2012) In November 2011, 12 PRB Women's Edition journalists from 11 developing countries traveled to two villages in Senegal, Keur Simbara and Saam Njaay, during the 2011 International Conference on Family Planning to witness the lessons and successes of the Tostan Community Empowerment Program in encouraging the abandonment of female genital cutting and fostering human rights and democracy.

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Women and Girls at Risk of FGM/C in the United States Graphics

(2015)Download and share graphics that highlight key data from PRB's article, "Women and Girls at Risk of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the United States."

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Report. Summary of PRB Methods to Produce Estimates of Women and Girls Potentially at Risk of FGM/C in the United States

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Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health

Wallchart. Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Data and Trends, Update 2017 (Arabic)

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Data and Trends Update 2017, produced with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development, provides the latest data on the practice in 29 developing countries with representative and comparable data—although FGM/C occurs worldwide.

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Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health

Wallchart. Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Data and Trends, Update 2017

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Data and Trends Update 2017, produced with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development, provides the latest data on the practice in 29 developing countries with representative and comparable data—although FGM/C occurs worldwide.

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PRB Discuss Online. Two Decades of Data Collection on Female Genital Cutting: What Has Changed?

(2011) For more than 20 years, since the first data collection in Sudan in 1989, the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) team at Macro International has been tracking the prevalence of female genital cutting (FGC), also known as female genital mutilation and female circumcision.

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Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health

Wallchart. Mutilations génitales féminines/ Excision : Données et tendances, Mise à jour de 2017

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Data and Trends Update 2017, produced with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development, provides the latest data on the practice in 29 developing countries with representative and comparable data—although FGM/C occurs worldwide.

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