Africa: Somali Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation Advocate to Change Minds - and Lives allafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from allafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Joint Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, OHCHR High Commissioner Volker Türk, UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital MutilationToday, on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, we reaffirm our dedication to the girls and women who have been subjected to this grave violation of human rights. Every survivor's voice is a call to action, and every choice they make in reclaiming their lives contributes to the global movement to end this harmful practice. More than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation. This year, nearly 4.4 million girls will be at risk of it. This equates to more than 12 000 cases every day.In keeping with the commitments outlined in the Beijing Declaration and platform for action, those agreed during the 25th Anniv
Shifting the development paradigm in Angola un.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from un.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.