FRONTIERS PROJECT
Dissemination of Research on Female Genital Cutting

The Population Council and the FRONTIERS program have become known as a leader in research on interventions to encourage abandonment of female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C), conducting numerous research projects and evaluations throughout Africa. While the results of these studies have been widely disseminated at the country level, the findings of the studies have wider implications for reproductive health care—for example, the impact of FGM/C on safe motherhood policies and programs.

Through this project, FRONTIERS supported policy- and program-related initiatives to eliminate FGM/C by communicating findings from studies on FGM/C to major audiences in countries where the prevalence is high, conducting a consultative meeting on methodological issues on the practice, and collaborating with numerous organizations to encourage the elimination of FGM/C and other harmful traditional practices.

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Location

Interregional

Duration

September 1999–February 2008

Population Council researcher

Nafissatou Diop

Non-Council collaborators

World Health Organization (WHO)

Population Reference Bureau (PRB)

Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)

Donor

US Agency for International Development

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See Also

• Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

• Technical Assistance/Institution Building
• Research Tools

• FRONTIERS Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

• FRONTIERS Interregional

• FRONTIERS Utilization of Research Findings

Offsite Link

• INTACT Network (a Population Council initiative to enhance communications and research utilization in the FGC field.)

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