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Training programmes for health professionals adopted our FGM/C prevention and care curriculum in Kenya.
Working with communities to reduce the practice of female genital mutilation and cutting in four focus countries in Africa by 2027
Approximately 200 million girls and women alive today have experienced female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C).
FGM/C is a human rights violation. It is a form of gender-based violence and is extremely damaging to physical and mental health and wellbeing. Women, girls and their allies are leading a growing movement for change across countries in Africa, Asia and beyond (including diaspora communities).
The Girl Generation: Support to the Africa-led Movement to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) programme, aims to support a significant reduction in the practice of FGM/C in Kenya, Somaliland, Senegal and Ethiopia by 2027. It will do this by accelerating positive changes in social attitudes towards ending FGM/C. This will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goal of eliminating FGM/C by 2030.
The programme is supporting and strengthening grassroots and country-led efforts to end FGM/C. This requires working at multiple levels, from individuals through to national systems and global platforms. Our work includes grassroots grants, generating evidence and learning on what works, and supporting the broader global movement through advocacy and strategic communications.
We are doing this by:
"Survivor Leadership Training opened my eyes. The sessions held allowed me to know the type of FGM/C that I and my sister underwent. I also gained self-confidence and began to appreciate myself. I received a great healing opportunity and I no longer take my well-being for granted. I now champion the end of FGM/C from a more informed position. It is not just a cultural practice but a violation of our rights as girls and women."
The Girl Generation: Support to the Africa-led Movement to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) programme is funded by UK aid. The programme is implemented by a consortium led by Options and including Amref Health Africa, ActionAid, Orchid Project, Africa Coordination Centre for Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and University of Portsmouth.
The programme team is headquartered in Kenya, with staff and partners across the other focal countries. The programme started in September 2020 and will run until 2027.
Training programmes for health professionals adopted our FGM/C prevention and care curriculum in Kenya.
Additional match-funding leveraged for grassroots grants in Senegal from the Foundation for Just Society International.
Survivors from 18 hotspot counties in Kenya have been trained in leadership, emotional wellbeing and organisational development through an innovative Survivors Leadership Initiative.
Increase in level of agency, decision-making power, and leadership among girls participating in school forums in Isiolo, Kenya.
Deputy Team Lead, The Girl Generation, Support to the Africa-led Movement to End FGM/C
Global Advocacy Director, The Girl Generation, Support to the Africa-led Movement to End FGM/C
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Team Leader, The Girl Generation, Support to the Africa-led Movement to End FGM/C
Assistant Director of Design and Innovation
This exciting partnership will enable us to extend the Survivor Leadership Training to FGM/C survivors in Ethiopia, Somaliland and Senegal.
We spoke to four active members and survivors of the end-FGM/C movement to find out what inspired them to join the fight to end the practice.
UK government renews funding for the 5-year continuation of the Options' led initiative to end female genital mutilation and cutting.
A discussion with frontline activists