Somalia
“Cutting Season” 2023
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,…
Help Stop the Medicalization of FGM in Somalia
Help Stop the Medicalization of FGM in Somalia As in most countries around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the suffering of women and…
Breaking the silence in the world capital of female genital mutilation
Last year, I met 15 year-old Istar, who had been married off to a 70 year-old man in Eastern Somalia. He paid 10 camels and…
Help us protect girls from female genital mutilation
Ifrah was only seven when she underwent female genital mutilation (FGM) close to her home in Puntland, Somalia. Now 25, she has vowed that none of her four daughters will undergo it. FGM…
Jane Fonda introduces the work of the Galkayo Center
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Deadly attack in Galkayo, Somalia, but Center’s work continues
Hawa Aden, Executive Director of the Galkyo Education Center and a Donor Direct Action partner, reports from the front lines.
Actions speak louder than words on FGM
Those of us in the campaign against the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) are glad that this issue is now on the agenda of policy makers in Somalia, according to Hawa Aden Mohamed, Director of the Galkayo Education Center for Peace and Development in Somalia. The Center is a partner of Donor Direct Action.
15-year-old Istar saved by the Galkayo Center
Dear Friends,
Today is International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM (Female Genital Mutilation). But in Somalia, 98% of girls have been subjected to FGM. Many of these girls will lose their lives as a result – from hemorrhage, infection, or later in life during childbirth.
BuzzFeed News: Meet The Two People Risking Everything to End FGM in Somalia
Our partner Hawa Aden, director of the Galkayo Education Center for Peace and Development (GECPD), is risking everything to end female genital mutilation in Somalia
Read the article in BuzzFeed News