FiLiA blog: FGM: Everything about you is violated by this. Today is Int'l Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation.

‘I always saw Women as one… We should fight abuse as one’.

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Female Genital Mutilation in Infancy Still Common, Gambian Mothers Say Hulay Damba, 55, spent years performing female genital mutilation on girls in her community. Her role as a practitioner was passed down from her grandmother. “It was what I was taught,” she explained....

Report by @msmagazine.com on #FGM in #Gambia and how common is still is #EndFGM #NoFGM

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FGM: Outrage in The Gambia after one-month-old baby dies Two women have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the girl's death, police say.

There has been protest and outrage in The #Gambia as a one-month old baby girl has died after being subjected to #FGM #Africa

Hibo Wardere takes the stage at #FiLiA2025 to continue her fight against FGM #NoFGM #HerVoiceMatters

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💥Saturday #FiLiA2025 speaker news!💥

VALERIE LOLOMARI, founder & CEO of Women of Grace, a survivor-led movement working to end FGM/C, child marriage & gender-based violence will be speaking at #FiLiA

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#NoFGM #Brighton #Sisterhood #Solidarity

Social clustering of preference for female genital mutilation/cutting in south-central Ethiopia - Nature Human Behaviour Recent estimates indicate that half of Ethiopian girls aged 15–19 years have experienced female genital mutilation/cutting (FGMC). This socio-centric social network study estimates the social influenc...

'We have explored whether FGMC preferences socially cluster, as a gateway to drawing inferences about the social processes underpinning the patterning of preferences.'

Hear about #FGM from Hibo Wardere at #FiLiA2025 #NoFGM

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Mental health outcomes and post-traumatic stress disorder associated with female genital mutilation - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Mental health outcomes and post-traumatic stress disorder associated with female genital mutilation

'...women with FGM also experience other traumas, such as forced marriages & domestic violence, leading to polyvictimization. This accumulation of trauma intensifies the psychological effects of #FGM.' #NoFGM

Hibo Wardere & Educate Not Mutilate will be at #FiLiA2025

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We are enjoying tonight's event, 'Music For Change' – a fundraising concert for Educate, Not Mutilate with a live band, choir and tribute to Hibo Wardere.

Hibo will be speaking at #FiLiA2025

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#EndFGM #NoFGM

'With this benefit, the asylum process - normally lasting at least two years - can be reduced to just over a month.'

Looking forward to hearing from Hibo Wardere at #FiLiA2025

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#FGM #Brazil #NoFGM #HerVoiceMatters #EndFGM

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We are so grateful to Hibo Wardere of Educate Not Mutilate for speaking to the #FiLiA volunteer collective tonight.

She spoke passionately & in detail about FGM & her important work to prevent this #VAWG

Hibo is speaking at #FiLiA2025

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#Sisterhood #Solidarity #NoFGM #EndFGM

#FiLiA2025 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

We are so happy that Hibo Wardere will be speaking at #FiLiA2025

A regular attendee and speaker at FiLiA, we look forward to welcoming her back, celebrating over a decade of working together.

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#Brighton #NoFGM #Sisterhood #Solidarity ♀️

them. They shouldn't suffer like me. Without them, I would have ended my life."

Let's #EndFGM 🙏🏽
#WomanLifeFreedom #WomensMarch #womenempowement #WomensHealth #WomensRightsAreHumanRights #WomenSafety #WomanResistanceFreedom #womenswear #HumanRightsViolations #healthier #nofgm

#16Days – Day 6: Female Genital Mutilation: Everything about you is violated by this

‘I always saw Women as one… We should fight abuse as one’

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#HerVoiceMatters #NoFGM #EndFGM #NoExcuse #16DaysofActivism #365Days #IDEVAW #RespectWomen #GirlsMatter #WomenMatter

#16Days – Day 6: Female Genital Mutilation: Everything about you is violated by this

‘I always saw Women as one… We should fight abuse as one’

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#HerVoiceMatters #NoFGM #EndFGM #NoExcuse #16DaysofActivism #365Days #IDEVAW #RespectWomen #GirlsMatter #WomenMatter