MEDIA CENTER 
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Digital Media Kit
 

All over my thighs were marks from the ropes, dotted with patches from the lice wounds. Now I was to look after myself, to ensure that everything remained intact until the day I married.                     —From "The Cut,"                    by Maryam Sheikh Abdi | (full text)

Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is:

• the cutting, removal, and sometimes sewing of external female genitalia for cultural or other nontherapeutic reasons.
• a harmful practice that violates international standards for children's and women’s rights and often leads to serious health problems.

Population Council research aims to accelerate the abandonment of FGM/C.

Digital Media Kit contents:

• 2008 International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Cutting
• Resources and Information
• Project Descriptions
• INTACT Network
• Staff Profiles

2008 International Day of Zero Tolerance for
Female Genital Cutting
6 February 2008 will mark the fifth anniversary of this call to action. The Council's Frontiers in Reproductive Health (FRONTIERS) program will host a symposium at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, to share strategies to reduce the prevalence and deal with the consequences of this harmful traditional practice. For additional information, please contact frontiers@popcouncil.org.  

Resources and Information

• Just the Facts
  A brief overview of information and statistics from Council studies and research by colleague organizations. (full text)

• Publications

  • Arabic
  • English
  • French

Project Descriptions

• Asia and the Near East

• Sub-Saharan Africa

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INTACT Network
A Council initiative, the International Network to Analyze, Communicate and Transform the Campaign Against Female Genital Cutting, Female Genital Mutilation, Female Circumcision (INTACT) is an international group of scholars, activists, and researchers. Recent outreach efforts include:

• A monthly e-newsletter with recent announcements, resources, and news.
• A newly revised, user-friendly Web site. (offsite link)

• Bedaya, a quarterly Arabic newsletter to disseminate news, research results, and best practices.

For information about INTACT, please contact Ola El Soueni info@intact-network.net.

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Staff Profiles

• Nahla Abdel-Tawab, Associate (Egypt)

• Maryam Sheikh Abdi, Program Officer (Kenya)

• Ian Askew (Kenya)

• Nafissatou J. Diop, Associate (Senegal)

• John Townsend, Director, Reproductive Health Program (USA)

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2007 Symposium
Population Council researchers shared results and experiences during a day-long seminar sponsored by the USAID Bureau for Global Health and the Population Reference Bureau, held on the International Day of Zero Tolerance, 6 February 2007. (agenda)

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This page updated 22 January 2008

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