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Join us
on October 13 to commemorate #DayOfTheGirl
. Hear from leading experts about solutions and policies for ending #fgm.#FGM affects everyone. Register now: http://www.bit.ly/EndFGMCWebinar .#SaveTheDate -
Stupidity! You don't steal, defraud persons, or kidnap. Ehn ehn? Since you cut girls' clitoris or pinch them, you are a demon.
#FGM is inhuman. Believe me, you are just a rapist is disguise. Robbing girls of their rights. pic.twitter.com/7wMCIlIEMC
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We are recording the following positivity in the midst of
#COVID-19 and other pushbacks. . Families are choosing to protect their daughters from harmful traditional practices like FGM. . Majority of girls and women who were victims of#FGM are amplifying their voices within pic.twitter.com/aBgubDogE4Show this thread -
I asked my mom if she regretted performing
#FGM on me when I was a child. This was her exact reaction... https://twitter.com/idcidgasf/status/1313937130687729665 …pic.twitter.com/t6vENUpwJ7 -
A SORRY Too LATE
Monica Cheptilak (70-year-old ex-Circumciser) performed #FGM for 50 years and tearfully recalled how some girls died from disease or bleeding after her CUT. "Six girls contracted HIV from a dirty blade on one occasion. I feel hurt and sorry for them” she cried. pic.twitter.com/luebmnzvuY
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Female Genital Mutilation
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Teaching all young people about
#FGM not only empowers girls to speak up if they are at risk but also for all young people to be aware support friends & get help for those that need it Tackle the myths & have open discussions about FGM with our resources http://whatsthedebate.co.uk pic.twitter.com/0zI9CPjF0x
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This
#BlackHistoryMonth
, we would like to recognise @EdnaAdan. The first practising midwife in Somaliland, and the ultimate campaigner for women's health and the abolition of female genital mutilation (#FGM)
Read more
https://bit.ly/3d7QIxg pic.twitter.com/vwtGW3M846
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Addressing the practice of
#FGM is an important strategy in ensuring the full participation of all women and girls in socioeconomic development in#Uganda Read more analysis of data & key recommendations to#EndFGM in#Uganda in the new@UNICEF report
https://www.unicef.org/uganda/reports/female-genital-mutilation …pic.twitter.com/B0LaXnxVU1
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Did You KNOW?
In 2016, Indonesia became the first Asian country to be included in the UN’s global report on #FGM prevalence. It was said that half of the girls, under the age of 11, had undergone FGM in the country and it is sometimes offered as part of “birthing packages” in pic.twitter.com/P5Ca2XVCE2
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1) YOUR VOICE ON ENDING FGM MEDICALISATION USING THE MEDIA Here is an opportunity to add your voice to an upcoming
@GMCEndFGM@GPtoEndFGM@UNFPA global media campaign to end#FGM *Medicalisation* https://forms.gle/VxN3on9my1V3xu1k7 …pic.twitter.com/V6QW0IuLXJ
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Globally, 200 mln women & girls have undergone
#FGM. In the UK alone, 137,000 women & girls are living with the consequences of FGM. In line with General Rec No.14 on FGM,#CEDAW must be implemented into UK law to help eradicate this harmful practice once & for all.
#EndVAWpic.twitter.com/nmKp4hRFIp
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Did You KNOW?
In 2018, a London teenager told a court that her father forced her to undergo #FGM twice at the family home, and it was done as a form of punishment. Her dad arranged for someone to cut her with a razor blade in the hallway of their flat while her mother was out. pic.twitter.com/O0mHdOm4XZ
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"Ending
#FGC is a collective responsibility. Community members play a critical role in challenging retrogressive social norms like#FGM..., " Chief Kireu-during men dialogue at Olchoro Village in Narok North.@OrchidProject@PSYGKenya@naccsnet@WairiMunyinyi@NRugene@nyachulapic.twitter.com/e0RkQ19jQF
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School closures in Kenya are leading to a rise in teenage pregnancies,
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Adolescent girls worldwide claim power as change-makers every day! It is time for their demands to be achieved
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free from harmful practices like #FGM - A chance to learn skills towards a future they choose - An opportunity to lead as a generation of activists pic.twitter.com/ZI4UKiXnrM -
Medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation is wrong. Stop
#FGM.@GMCEndFGM@Ayobello0@JLallaMaharajh@comfortmomoh@osbcng@rave917fm@Oluwayummy1@maggie_okanepic.twitter.com/rrr5bffd1k -
Despite
#COVID19, the Uganda-Kenya cross-border forum, initiated by@GPtoEndFGM, reports & responds to violence against children, including#FGM, in real-time. Thanks to this coordination, 26 girls were intercepted in Kenya before experiencing harm https://www.unicef.org/uganda/stories/uganda-kenya-cross-border-partnership-rescues-girls-female-genital-mutilation-during-covid … -
#nofgm this is my book. Read it. Get why I am so relentless in ending#FGM. See what drives me so hard. Read and feel my pain, my passion, my dedication to end cruel practice that we call Female Genital Mutilation. Hibo http://dld.bz/hVPBA pic.twitter.com/YZ0NGMUjbe
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