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Efua Dorkenoo Fund to End FGM
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a severe form of violence against girls and women which includes partial or total removal of the external female…
Rachel Moran appears on Ireland’s The Late Late Show
Rachel Moran was coerced into sex work in her early teens. She campaigned strongly for a new law, brought in last year, to criminalise the buying of sex. She tells Ryan why she believes a failure to fully enforce this new law is making the sex trade more dangerous.
Sold into marriage in Afghanistan
We recently received this note from Krishma and wanted to share it with you: At age 18 I was sold into marriage to an older…
Jane Fonda introduces the work of WCLAC
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Help ensure safety of all Nigerian girls
Hundreds of Nigerian girls have been kidnapped in recent years – at Chibok in 2014 when 276 were taken and more recently at Dapchi in…
DRC civil society pushes to change electoral law to promote gender inclusion
Civil society organizations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are arguing that a recently passed law discriminates against women by setting up financial barriers.…
London activist unveils badge to herald beginning of end for FGM
London activist and FGM survivor Nimco Ali created the triangular brooch to mark the fact that ending the brutal practice is a tangible reality. The…
To end FGM, donors must trust women working on the frontlines
Three countries with the highest prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) – Sierra Leone, Mali and Sudan – have yet to ban it. The harmful…
African women are ending FGM on the front lines
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…
2018 Update on Ending FGM
Read our 2018 Update on Ending FGM
Rape, Underage Sex, Forced Marriage, Abuse. That’s the Plight of Too Many Afghan Girls
Sahar was only 10 years old when she was forced to marry an older man. Her father agreed to “trade” her in what is known…
The Doctor Who’s Saved 46,000 Congolese Women — and Isn’t Done Yet
When Dr. Denis Mukwege was still a child, his father, a pastor, would take him on pilgrimages to visit the sick in Bukavu, a city…