FGM Monthly Article
FGM Monthly Article – July 2022
July 1, 2022
Concern Over Increased FGM Cases
Isaac Masinde, Narok County Commissioner
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June 1, 2022
Ethiopia Child Marriages Surge as Drought Hits Families
June 28, 2022 Bloomberg US Edition By Antony Sguazzin
A sand storm in a camp for internally displaced people near the city of Gode, Ethiopia, on April 6.
Photographer: Eduardo Soteras/AFP/Getty Images
FGM Monthly Article – May 2022
May 1, 2022
Cross Border Anti-FGM Campaign Report Zero Cases
May 31, 2022
Kenya News Agency
By Polycarp Ochieng and George Agimba
FGM Monthly Article – April 2022
April 11, 2022
How female genital mutilation costs Nigeria dearly
A portrait of Fadumo outside her shelter in Walala Biyotey internally displaced persons camp in Somalia. Fadumo swore that she would not let her children undergo circumcision after she suffered from the procedure. (Photo: AU UN IST PHOTO / David Mutua
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FGM Monthly Article – February 2022
February 4, 2022
In Somalia, 100 mothers pledge not to subject daughters to female genital mutilation
African Business
2/1/22
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FGM Monthly Article – January 2022
January 1, 2022
273 Girls rescued from FGM last month reunited with families
The Standard – NYANZA
By Anne Atieno | January 6, 2022
Mr Charles Olwamba from Amref flanked by Mrs Robi Rioba (right) is addressing over 100 girls who were rescued from undergoing Female Genital Mutilation on December 22, 2021, at Nyangoge Mix Secondary School in Kuria West sub-county.[Caleb Kingwara, Standard]
read moreFGM Monthly Article – December 2021
December 24, 2021
Paradox of Rogue Medics Promoting Outlawed FGM in Kisii, Kenya, Done at Night, in Health Centers
The Star 12/24/21
Edited by Josephine M. Mayuya
FGM Monthly Article – November 2021
December 3, 2021
Ekiti Empowers 180 Female Genital Circumcisers with N42.5m
FGM Monthly Article – September 2021
September 28, 2021
By: Brenda Mulinya
Voice of America
Survivor Leads Anti-FGM Campaign in Somali Community in Kenya
NAIROBI, KENYA — Female circumcision, known as female genital mutilation, is illegal in Kenya but is still being forced on young girls in some areas. Cases increased after schools closed due to the pandemic, but one survivor is fighting the practice in an ethnic Somali community.
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