GOOGLE+ Hangout to Discuss Progress, Challenges in Efforts to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

To observe the International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, 6 February, UNFPA, UNICEF and the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) hosted a Google+ Hangout discussion on the progress made in FGM/C abandonment and the challenges that remain ahead

  1. Video: Full recording of the Hangout

  2. Web Coverage

  3. Social Media Coverage #endfgm

  4. Did you miss yesterday's Google+ Hangout about progress and challenges in the movement to end female genital cutting (FGC)? Watch the video with Tostan, UNICEF, UNFPA, DFID - UK Department for International Development & more.
  5. 6 Feb is 1st Intl Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM. @UNFPA says progress has been made in 15 African countries j.mp/VH3jwZ #endFGM
  6. On Int Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, we & @UNFPA call for accelerated efforts to #endfgm uni.cf/VIkwGe
  7. The JP between @UNICEF and @UNFPA is the largest program working on the issue.#endFGM
  8. Molly Melching: #EndFGM is cross-border issue - "When we saw our relatives in #Senegal abandoning it we decided to do it too" @Tostan
  9. #Kenya What would you do, Janet to change in the government's policy to #endFGM
  10. Dr Atef Shitany: We need a network of "social change agents" of people within families to help #EndFGM @Pop_Council Egypt
  11. Janet Tumer, FGM survivor: Legislation helps to protect women in #Kenya. Now we must get the message to hardest-to-reach communities #EndFGM
  12. Molly Melching: Those who have abandoned the practice are speaking to their relatives across the borders to #endFGM and educating them
  13. "Let's make this a positive movement of change... & use methods that unify people" -Molly Melching @ G+ Hangout bit.ly/Uy1W3B #endFGM
  14. .@BabatundeUNFPA: There are good examples of behavioral change in the movement in Africa with the ambition to #endFGM within a generation
  15. .@BabatundeUNFPA We are making progress to #EndFGM – but there's more to do & we can't let progress be reversed: 30m girls are still at risk
  16. " @DFID_UK Molly Melching: The movement to #EndFGM in #Senegal is growing and all across Africa @Tostan
  17. Inspired by today's Google+ hangout to learn more? Explore the issues on #endFGM and how we’re tackling #FGM ow.ly/ht5qp
  18. 'Empowered women and girls are key to breaking cycle of discrimination and violence' - @babatundeunfpa on #endfgm @UNFPA

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