This UN News story was on Scoop today:
2,000 African Communities Abandon Female Genital Mutilation
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A new United Nations report shows that almost
2,000 communities across Africa abandoned female genital mutilation/cutting
(FGM/C) last year, prompting calls for a renewed global push to end this harmful
practice once and for all. According to the report,
issued by
the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the
total number of communities renouncing FGM/C has now reached 8,000 over the last
few years.
“These encouraging findings show that social norms and cultural practices are
changing, and communities are uniting to protect the rights of girls and women,” said UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin, on the
International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM/C, which is observed on 6 February.
Read the rest of this report
here, or use the links in the story to read the original report.
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