PROJECT
Mid-term Evaluation of the FGM-free Village Model Project

This project is a mid-term evaluation of a joint initiative by UNDP and the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) to prevent the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). The initiative began in 60 villages located in six governorates in Upper Egypt and is now expanding to 120 villages. The FGM-Free-Village Model addresses issues pertaining to FGM/C to communities as a whole instead of individual families or specific target groups in order to create an environment conducive to dialogue, where influential groups (community leaders, teachers, mothers, midwives, men, and doctors) can support families to eventually abandon FGM/C. Using both qualitative and quantitative approaches, the Population Council's evaluation will document, evaluate, and provide recommendations for the replication and scale-up of the model to reach national coverage.

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Location

Egypt

Duration

2006–2007

Population Council researcher

Ragui Assaad

Donors

UNICEF

United Nations Development Program

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Offsite Links

• INTACT Network

• UNICEF Real Lives: "Giving up on FGM: Why a village midwife put down her scalpel" (full text)

• UNDP factsheet: "Female Genital Mutilation Free Village Model" (full text)

• UNDP press release: "The people of Nagie Abu Shawareb in Aswan say "No to FGM" (full text)

• UNDP press release: "A girl from Benban village in Aswan says “No” to female genital mutilation" (full text)

• World Health Organization: "Fact sheet no. 241: Female genital mutilation" (full text)

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