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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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    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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    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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    Female genital cutting

    Tostan, 2014
    Female genital cutting (FGC) is a deeply-rooted social norm enforced by community expectations around marriageability. Girls who are not cut are often ostracised by their communities. Tostan is an African-based organisation empowering rural communities to achieve sustainable development and positive social transformation based on respect for human rights.
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    Harmful traditional practices affecting women & girls

    Gender and Development Network, 2013
    Harmful traditional practices are particular forms of violence against women and girls which are defended on the basis of tradition, culture, religion or superstition. They include female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), early and forced marriage, crimes committed in the name of honour, dowry-related violence, and son preference.
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    Stop FGM Middle East

    Stop FGM Middle East, 2014
    The UN estimates that up to 140 million girls and women worldwide are affected by female genital mutilation (FGM), yet there could be many more as growing evidence suggests that FGM may be widespread in various parts of Asia and the Middle East. Studies are indispensable for the struggle against FGM, yet they are non-existent for bulk of the Middle East.
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    Eliminating female genital mutilation: an interagency statement - OHCHR, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNECA, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNIFEM, WHO

    World Health Organization, 2008
    Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a dangerous practice, and a critical human rights issue. Despite increasing international cooperation to counteract FGM, the prevalence of the practices remains high in many areas. This statement was issued by a group of United Nations agencies in support of advocacy for the abandonment of FGM.
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    What works and what does not: a discussion of popular approaches for the abandonment of female genital mutilation

    Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013
    A range of interventions have been carried out over the past few decades to promote the abandonment of female genital mutilation (FGM). While these efforts have had varied success, the prevalence of FGM is reducing in nearly all the countries in which it is traditionally practiced.
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    Female genital mutilation/cutting: a statistical overview and exploration of the dynamics of change

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2013
    Efforts to address female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) have increased in the past several decades, with support from many local communities, governments, international institutions, non-governmental organisations, as well as religious and other civil society groups.
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    Factsheet: The Philippines

    United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 2011
    This fact sheet by UN Women presents an overview of the situation women currently face in the Philippines, as well as the various ways in which UN Women has been supporting governments and civil society.

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