Unlock the power of advocacy and delve into the groundbreaking insights from #CSW68 on ending #FGM worldwide. Read here: buff.ly/3W6j6Ir! 

#EndFGM   #CSW68 Insights

A Gambian woman speaks-Let’s work together to keep the #Endfgm law in #Gambia newsweek.com/gambia-must-up…

“Right to freedom from torture’: UN experts urge the #Gambia not to decriminalise FGM” #EndFgm theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Join us along with Mother Africa Washington State Department of Health and Sahiyo for this in-person event on April 23rd. Learn about Washington State's plan to address FGM/C post the passage of Senate Bill 5453.

If you are interested in attending, email [email protected].

#EndFGM

Abusive Gender Practices “Tragically Embedded” in American Life IDN-InDepthNews indepthnews.net/abusive-gender…

Kaneez Madraswalla shares how the September 2023 Activists Retreat helped her find the courage to have conversations on the topic of female genital cutting (FGC), and create non-judgmental spaces to hold these difficult conversations.

Guidelines for Law Enforcement & Border Services Officers: Preventing and Responding to FGM/C

This module is for professionals who are in a unique position to protect girls &women from female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C)
endfgm.ca/fgmc-training-…

#endFGM #lawenforcement

“As the debate over the proposed repeal of the law banning Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) intensifies, we are deeply concerned by the potential reversal of decades of work invested in protecting the rights and dignity of women and girls.'

unicef.org/press-releases…

FOUNDATION MODULE
Understanding FGM/C: A Canadian Issue

Professionals across sectors will be trained to spot and protect girls at risk and to give trauma-informed, training modules for those working within-impacted communities across Canada.

endfgm.ca/fgmc-training-…

What happened here is nothing short of #sexualviolence and #torture . Fiction imitating life. Sexual perversion? Misogyny? Apparently so. How do directors get away with this? “ #Hannah Waddingham says Game of Thrones left her with chronic claustrophobia” theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

Survivors deserve to be heard.
Educate yourself.
We can not end FGM/C until we can talk about it.
Read the stories of survivors in Canada
endfgm.ca/stories

#endFGM #OurIssueTooCanada #Survivors #WomensRights #WomensHealth

Calling all journalists!
Now is not the time to watch silently.
The ripple effect of Gambia possibly repealing its FGM ban is catastrophic.
Together with Equality Now we have created a toolkit for journalists covering FGM/C.

shorturl.at/pMNO9

#EndFGM

'The gains hard fought and won over decades must protected for the sake of fundamental human rights, health and the future of the girl child.'

fairplanet.org/editors-pick/t…

How to be an ally in Canada?
With so much going on in the world, it is easy to feel helpless. But we can all a difference.
Instead of looking the other way, we can be an ally in big or small ways.

shorturl.at/flHOW

#EndFGM #OurIssueTooCanada

Imagine this moment for a child.
'As I walked in the house the doors were slammed shut. There were a bunch of women there, many of whom I didn’t know. I tried to escape to the washroom & locked myself in there for a while.'
vimeo.com/916151571

Soutien aux femmes victimes de mutilations génitales féminines (MGF) à Montréal

usi.umontreal.ca/nouvelles-et-i…

#EndFGM #MissKlitty

Amazing work. Education is power!

'The Gambia may allow female genital mutilation again – another sign of a global trend eroding women’s rights'

theconversation.com/the-gambia-may…

More terrible evidence of the sexual control of women. This time by Denmark, a Scandinavian state most think of as progressive. Not so much not long ago. #Denmark #Sexualcontrol “Greenlandic women tell of trauma of forced contraception” theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

Disastrous news: this week #SaudiArabia was chosen unopposed, yes , unopposed, to chair the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Women’s human rights are under attack everywhere, & the world stands by. We must support #humanrightscampaigners & make change theguardian.com/commentisfree/…