Tana River FGM Media Impact
Survey update: February 2021
Measuring Impact: Using Media To End FGM Globally
Tana River, Kenya
End FGM media campaigners reach 253 million
2020 is the year GMC enabled and intensified locally-led FGM media campaigns in the midst of a global pandemic. As a conduit to our growing network of FGM media…
A girl is cut every 10 seconds
“It is estimated that more than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation in the countries where the practice is concentrated. Furthermore, there are…
MEDIA TO TACKLE FGM IN HUMANITARIAN SETTINGS
UNFPA/GMC surveyed over 500 FGM media activists in 9 countries to find out how to best to tackle the increasing levels of FGM taking in refugee and camps for…
Call for proposals – #EndFGM Direct Action Media Grants
The call for proposals ends 22nd November and successful grantees will be announced and paid on or before the week commencing 23rd November.
Media To End FGM in Humanitarian Settings
The UNFPA/Global Media Campaign will extend its media focus to tackling FGM in Refugee and IDP camps on November 10th, 2020. We will work with activists like Somalia’s Ifrah…
Best Media Practices for FGM and COVID-19 – an emergency response
Between March and October – 2020 the UNFPA/GMC carried out 6 webinars (in both English and French) on the following topics. FGM Under COVID-19 Series These webinars are intended…
Now a total of 562 media activists are ending FGM in 9 countries
The Global Media campaign works with a total of 562 media activists to end FGM in 9 countries. We have been training activists in-country with bespoke 5-day media campaigns…
Nigeria Booster Academy
Strengthening knowledge and innovative media content creation to reinforce FGM as a national priority in Nigeria On 29th – 30th September 2020, in partnership with UNFPA Nigeria, a two-day…