A collaborative statement from UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, Equality Now, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and The Eastern African Sub-Regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI) was released in honor of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Fatuma was just ten years old when she caught wind of conversations regarding her forthcoming “special day.” In her hometown located in Oromia, Ethiopia,… Read More “Five years to elimination: The effort to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by the year 2030.
