Violence Against Women
10-year-old girl dies in Sierra Leone after FGM
Ten year old Marie Kamara died yesterday after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) as part of a secret society initiation ceremony in the Tonkololi District…
Opinion: Four girls under 10 have died recently from FGM, it’s time to act
(CNN)Four young girls lost their lives recently after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) in Somalia. They had a lot in common. All four were almost…
Celebrating Girls!
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…
25,000 reported rapes in Peru – introducing Manuela Ramos
Peru has one of the highest rates of reported rape in Latin America. According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office three rapes are reported every single…
Nine-year-old child bride reportedly killed by husband in Afghanistan
An Afghan man has been accused of strangling to death a nine-year-old girl who was forcibly given to him by her family as a child…
Help ORMUSA end femicide in El Salvador
In February this year Graciela Eugenia Ramírez Chávez died after she was stabbed 56 times by the man she was going to marry. She is not alone.…
Forced Pregnancies
Peru has one of the highest rates of reported rape in Latin America. An estimated 62% of these affect women between the ages of 10…
3 million girls are at risk of FGM
During a recent medical examination 21 year old Sia found out that she had undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) as a young girl. Her genitalia…
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…
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…
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…