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Please note that this session has now been postponed. A new date will be announced in due course.  During public health crises, such as the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014 - 2016, essential women’s reproductive health services can be deprioritised, while the health service focuses on halting transmission of the infectious disease. This can result in entirely preventable morbidity and mortality, and can traumatise families and health workers. 

UNFPA and UNICEF Regional Joint Op-ed on International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM While significant progress has been made in the fight to end female genital mutilation (FGM) in East and Southern Africa, the goal to achieve complete eradication is being thwarted by girls being taken across borders to avoid the full might of the law in their own countries.