Africa: New Report Offers Breakthrough To Ending Female Genital Mutilation

Africa: New Report Offers Breakthrough To Ending Female Genital Mutilation A new report provides evidence on how communities across Africa are ending female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), despite strong countervailing social pressures. The Dynamics of Social Change: Towards the Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Five African Countries – from UNICEF’s Innocenti Research Centre – provides solutions and examples of communities ending the practice. The report examines what...

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