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    Aligning with local cultures to end female genital mutilation/cutting

    United Nations Population Fund, 2013
    Decades of efforts to end female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) have demonstrated that direct assaults on practices laden with cultural significance are doomed to fail. This publication highlights lessons learnt, in order to formulate new strategies that take a more 'culturally sensitive' approach.
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    Orchid project: campaigning for a world free from female genital cutting by 2025

    Orchid Project, 2014
    Founded in 2010, the Orchid Project is a charitable organisation focused solely on ending female genital cutting (FGC) worldwide.
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    The Guardian's EndFGM global media campaign

    The Guardian, UK, 2014
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    ‘I Carry the Name of my Parents’: young people’s reflections on FGM and forced marriage - results from PEER studies in London, Amsterdam and Lisbon

    Foundation for Women's Health Research and Development, 2013
    This report presents the results of three participatory ethnographic evaluation research (PEER) studies, carried out as part of the CREATE Youth-Net project, which aims to safeguard young people in three European countries (the United Kingdom, Portugal and the Netherlands) from harmful practices, in particular Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage.
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    Handbook for cultural and religious leaders to end FGM

    African Women's Development & Communication Network, 2014
    What action can you take to address FGM? This handbook, produced by the African Women’s Development and Communications Network (FEMNET) is a behaviour change communication tool intended to expand the engagement of men in religious and cultural institutions to reach out to their communities to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) in Meru and Tharaka, Kenya.
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    Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices

    Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices, 2014
    The Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices (IAC) advocates for the removal of harmful traditional practices (HTPs) that affect the health of women and children, some of which are female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting (FGC) and female circumcision; early marriage, forced marriage, teenage pregnancy, unhealthy delivery practices, breast Ironing, son preferen
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    The impact of emergency situations on female genital mutilation

    28 Too Many, 2014
    There has been limited research on the impact of emergency situations on female genital mutilation (FGM), despite it being widely recognised as a harmful traditional practice (HTP) that violates the human rights of girls and women. This briefing paper, produced by the non-profit organisation 28 Too Many, highlights this challenging area of emergency response.
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    Harmful traditional practices: your questions, our answers

    Gender and Development Network, 2014
    What are harmful traditional practices (HTPs), and how can women and girls be protected from them? This report provides an overview of HTPs, explaining their causes and consequences, and bringing together examples of successful approaches to addressing them.
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    Guidelines for parliamentarians: abandoning female genital mutilation/cutting

    Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa, 2012
    At least 28 countries on the African continent practice some form of female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C). Believing that FGM/C could be eradicated within a generation if appropriate actions are taken, the Association of European parliamentarians with Africa (AWEPA) and the Pan-African Parliament Women’s Caucus initiated a campaign to champion the cause among parliamentarians.
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    Harmful traditional practices and implementation of the law on elimination of violence against women in Afghanistan

    United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, 2010
    In August 2009, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan enacted the Law on Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW law), which seeks to eliminate customs, traditions and practices that cause violence against women contrary to the religion of Islam.

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