FRONTIERS Projects | Technical Assistance to CARE International for Testing Interventions to Eliminate Female Genital Cutting (FGC)

FRONTIERS PROJECT
Technical Assistance to CARE International for Testing Interventions to Eliminate Female Genital Cutting (FGC)

This project provided technical assistance to help CARE and local organizations incorporate interventions to eradicate FGC within existing projects in Ethiopia and Kenya. The interventions, based on education and advocacy, increased knowledge of the harmful physical, social, and psychosexual effects of FGC and elicited public debate on the practice in both countries. Support for abandonment of the practice doubled in Ethiopia, but in Kenya, findings on this indicator were mixed. Traditional leaders began to address the needs of girls wishing to remain uncut, and 70 local elders in Ethiopia made a public declaration that girls would no longer be cut in their villages.

Location

Sub-Saharan Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya

Duration

September 1999–April 2004

Population Council researchers

Jane Chege, Ian Askew

Non-Council collaborators

Susan Igras, Jacinta Muteshi (CARE International)

Donor

US Agency for International Development

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type.

2005
Rajadurai, Henrietta and Susan Igras. “At the intersection of health, social well-being and human rights: CARE’s experiences working with communities toward abandonment of female genital cutting (FGC),” CARE report. Atlanta: CARE. (PDF)

2004
Chege, Jane, Ian Askew, Susan Igras, and Jacinta K. Muteshi. “Testing the effectiveness of integrating community-based approaches for encouraging abandonment of female genital cutting into CARE’s reproductive health programs in Ethiopia and Kenya,” FRONTIERS Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.6 MB)