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“Cutting Season” 2023

By Ruby Gerber | Mar 4, 2024
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Give the Gift of Safety: Ending FGM During the Holidays  Girls at the Galkayo Center (GECPD), Somalia   While the holidays are a festive time for many,…

Story of Joy: A 12-year old girl rescued by Tasaru Ntomonok Initiative in Kenya

By Frontline Women's Fund | May 5, 2020
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  We are celebrating the recent news that Sudan has now banned female genital mutilation (FGM). This is a great victory that will no doubt…

This Giving Tuesday Remember Front-Line Women’s Organizations!

By Frontline Women's Fund | Dec 3, 2019
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    This holiday season as you plan your year-end giving I hope you will remember the many strong and effective front-line women’s organizations around…

You can help Kenyan girls fleeing FGM get an education

By Frontline Women's Fund | Sep 20, 2019
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As schools reopen for the new academic year this month, we have good news to share with you from Kenya. With your support, our partner…

Support women who are stopping FGM on the front lines

By Frontline Women's Fund | Feb 6, 2019
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Last year our partners in Sierra Leone and Somalia worked on getting international attention to the deaths of several young girls caused by female genital…

Celebrating Girls!

By Frontline Women's Fund | Oct 11, 2018
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Thanks to you we have been able to do more than ever before to help our partners change the lives of thousands of girls around…

TNI helps Kenyan girls break the cycle of FGM

By Frontline Women's Fund | Sep 11, 2018
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A few weeks ago 78 Kenyan girls were protected from undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM). This was thanks to front line activist Agnes Pareyio and…

Efua Dorkenoo Fund to End FGM

By Frontline Women's Fund | Apr 12, 2018
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  Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a severe form of violence against girls and women which includes partial or total removal of the external female…

African women are ending FGM on the front lines

By Frontline Women's Fund | Feb 2, 2018
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A few years ago I personally witnessed a girl bleed to death after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) here in Kenya. It was a harrowing…

300 girls undergo FGM in Kenya

By Frontline Women's Fund | Nov 25, 2017
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You may have read reports that 300 girls have just undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) in Kuria, Southern Kenya in recent weeks. I have fought for Kenyan…

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BBC World Service interviews Agnes Pareyio

By Frontline Women's Fund | Nov 28, 2016
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BBC World Service travelled to Narok, Kenya to interview Agnes Pareyio, founder of Donor Direct Action partner, Tasaru Ntomonok Initiative (TNI). Agnes is doing incredible…

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Work of Kenyan partner Tasaru Ntomonok Initiative is featured by BBC

By Frontline Women's Fund | Jul 18, 2016
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The BBC video features the rescue center and school run by Donor Direct Action partner Tasaru Ntomonok Iniative (TNI) for girls fleeing their families to escape female genital mutilation or forced marriage in the Maasai community of Kenya.