Imogen Calderwood In My Own WordsDemand Equity The Pandemic of Gender Violence Has Deep Roots. To End FGM, We Must Resist Systems That Built It. Dr. Leyla Hussein OBE on why the world needs to wake up to violence against women. Why Global Citizens Should Care The UN’s Global Goal 5 is for gender equality, something we cannot achieve without ending female genital mutilation (FGM). The abusive practice of partially cutting or entirely removing the external female genitalia affects 200 million women alive today. Join us and take action here to support this goal and help bring an end to FGM.