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List of campaigns against female genital mutilation

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This article includes a list of campaigns that have been conducted, in whole or in part, with the goal of ending the practice of Female genital mutilation (WP).


Background[edit]

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In the 1960s medical practitioners in FGM practicing countries started to speak out against the practice citing health concerns. By 1997, formal research had been done by the World Health Organization (WP) on the health consequences of FGM which is practiced mostly in Africa. After WHO found that over 30 million women in Wikipedia:Nigeria had undergone some form of genital mutilation, in 1998 the campaign against Female Genital Mutilation was established in Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, to give all those standing against FGM in Nigeria a unified voice [1] . Soon after in 1999, the campaign was recognised as a millenium mover and shaker [2]. That same year the the First Lady of Nigeria, Wikipedia:Stella Obasanjo became the spokesperson for the campaign and launched it to international reach starting grassroot campaigns in Chad, Sudan, and Central African Republics [3] . On February 6, 2003, Mrs. Obasanjo declared February 6, the Wikipedia:International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation and called for stronger collaboration in African countries on the campaign against female genital mutilation. Since then, the UN has recognized February 6th as an awareness day marked every year by the international Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation and anti-FGM campaigns around the world.

Current Status[edit]

Since the campaign began, many countries have abandoned the practice. Several FGM practicing communities continue to campaign against female genital mutilation [4][5][6][7]. In addition to African countries, the campaign has expanded to Europe [8] [9] and America where immigrant communities still practice FGM. On February 6, 2012, the international campaign against female genital mutilation now also known as CAGeM, hosted the International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation awareness event in New York[10] [11] with Wikipedia:Amnesty International New York City Women's Human Rights Action Team. The event highlighted the progress of the global campaign and Anti-FGM laws in the United States including the status of the Girls Protection Act of 2011 which protects girls from being removed from the United States to be genitally mutilated [12]. The bill was introduced on June 16, 2011 and referred to the subcommittee on crime, terrorism, and homeland security on August 25, 2011, but is yet to be passed. Although the campaign has had success with establishing anti-FGM laws in several countries, enforcement continues to be a major challenge of the campaign [13] .

List[edit]

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Organization Campaign Name Operates In Years Active
Wikipedia:World Health Organization Global strategy to stop health care providers from performing female genital mutilation[14] N/A 2010
Wikipedia:World Health Organization International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation[15]  ? Held annually on February 6th since 2003
IAC[16]  ? 28 countries in Africa[16] 1984

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Genewari, Tonye (September 24, 1998). "Women's group speak out on female circumcision". The Tide. </li>
  2. ↑ Fuller, Bonnie (October 1999). "Millenium movers and shakers". Glamour Magazine. </li>
  3. ↑ Ezewoke, Julius (November 18, 1999). "First Lady launches international campaign against female genital mutilation". The Punch. </li>
  4. ↑ Senegalese communities join the campaign against female genital mutilation.. United Nations.
  5. ↑ The Gambia joins the campaign against female genital mutilation.
  6. ↑ Burkina Faso Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation.
  7. ↑ Campaign Against Female Circumcision intensifies in Ethiopia.
  8. ↑ European Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation.
  9. ↑ New Dutch campaign against female circumcision.
  10. ↑ Link to Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation International Day Against FGM event. USAID. URL accessed on 06 February 2012.
  11. ↑ International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation. International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation.
  12. ↑ H.R.2221.IH Girls Protection Act. Library of Congress.
  13. ↑ Rahman, Anika (2000). Female genital mutilation: a guide to laws and policies worldwide.
  14. ↑ Global strategy to stop health care providers from performing female genital mutilation.
  15. ↑ International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Packer, Corinne A. A. (2002). Using Human Rights to Change Tradition: Traditional Practices Harmful to Women's Reproductive Health in sub-Saharan Africa, p. 9, Intersentia.

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External Links[edit]

  1. Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation
  2. European Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation
  3. Bhante Wimala Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation

Films[edit]

Heredia, Paula. Africa Rising: The Grassroots Movement to end Female Genital Mutilation. 2009.

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