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International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
February 06, 2015
On 20 December 2012, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution A/RES/67/146 in which it
"Calls upon States, the United Nations system, civil society and all stakeholders to continue to observe 6 February as the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation and to use the day to enhance awareness- raising campaigns and to take concrete actions against female genital mutilations".
Though the practice has persisted for over a thousand years, programmatic evidence suggests that FGM/C can end in one generation. While UNICEF currently works in 22 countries on the elimination of FGM/C, since 2008 UNFPA and UNICEF have collaborated on the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Accelerating Change in 15 of those countries in West, East and North Africa.
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Website: http://www.un.org/en/events/femalegenitalmutilationday/index.shtml
Categories: Health/Health Care
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