🙅 There is no health benefit from female genital mutilation.

#FGM increases the risk of several obstetric, psychological, and sexual and reproductive health complications.
UNFPA joins Shudufhadzo to #EndFGM .

Traditional ritual of FGM brings an indescribable sense of pride, community, generosity, and cultural richness. It's a reminder that some experiences surpass the negatives we parade. Let's champion knowledge among custodians of culture. #ENDFGM #AwakeningProgressiveCultures 🌍'

💡 #DYK Did you know? #FGM has ZERO 0⃣ health benefits and causes lifelong physical and emotional harm.

📢Help spread the word. #EndFGM

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into an obstetric fistula, leaving me with leaking feaces and urine!
My husband left me and married another woman while I returned to my father's house before it took me two years to cure the obstetric fistula!'

Let's #EndFGM 🙏🏽
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EWANG'AN O OLOSHO ORGANISATION IMPACTING LIVES POSITIVELY IN KANUNKA PRIMARY SCHOOL. #ENDFGM #CHANGING LIVES

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is not beneficial to anyone including women, men, children, youths and the society at large.

Listen to Joshua Zaka, an anti-FGM/C advocate and member of the Champions Against FGM/C network

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A reformed female cutter/circumciser from my village. She now advocates for educating the girl child as the most appropriate and useful rite of passage. ''With education, the entire community reaps the dividends. With FGM, it is a total loss''. #EndFGM .

Zehra Patwa talks about the broader impact that #FGM /C has on families and communities! WeSpeakOut

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❌ Female genital mutilation is violence against women.

As we continue to advance women’s rights, we are appalled by any attempted rollback of legal protection of those rights.

We stand with survivors of FGM and with all women and girls in The Gambia.

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Educating the community on the dangers and benefits of #EndingFGM
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Healthwise Foundation

Healthwise Foundation at the forefront in the battle against FGM practices.
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PROGRESSIVE CULTURES COMMUNITY BASED ORGANISATION By design FGM is a complex practice. Those who designed it this way are capable of dismantling it with ease if they are empowered to understand and appreciate the negative effects. #ENDFGM #AwakeningProgressiveCultures

Confessions
'I have been a champion for many years, but I did not know what #FGM entails. This film has renewed my energy, I will be more intentional and vibrant going forward. ' #MenEndFGM #EndFGM #GlobalGoals

Empowering girls to embrace boldness & the determination to go for their dreams & become revered progressive change-makers in their communities & beyond.
This past weekend, we joined Tareto Africa Official 1 & Matasaru Ntoyie Pastoralist Foundation for a robust girls outreach in Kanunka, Narok County.
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Unleashing the Full Potential of Girls: #GirlGuardMovement powered by
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My National Assembly member and a member of our political party today joined our team in Serekunda! #EndFGM220 Safe Hands For Girls National Youth Parliament-The Gambia

Along with National Youth Parliament-The Gambia we were also honored to be joined by Hon. Modou Lamin B. Bah a National Assembly member from Banjul. With National Assembly members like you, we know that the law to protect girls will remain intact. #EndFGM220

#EndFGM !