Kaafiyo Abdi Farah, 55, was only 7 years old, when she underwent female genital mutilation.

Kaafiyo: “I feel motivated, and I feel empowered and honoured to serve my community' It has no health benefits, but the immediate and long-term health and related consequences are numerous: including infections and abnormal scarring, debilitating pain, childbirth complications or death. It entails the ‘partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to female genital organs for non-medical reasons’ and is normally carried out between infancy and age 15. Among most influential voices are Somali women who experienced or practiced FGM, openly speaking about their experiences and are now educating communities about the risks and consequences of FGM.įGM is a grave violation of girls’ and women’s rights. With support from the Government of Japan, UN Women Somalia is working with partners at national and sub-national levels to put an end to this harmful practice. Up to 99 per cent of women in Somalia undergo female genital mutilation (FGM), a practice that leaves girls and women with many physical, sexual and psychological health and economic consequences. 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence.Gender equality matters in COVID-19 response.

76th Session of the UN General Assembly.

In focus: 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence 2022.

Special Representative to the AU and UNECA.

African Girls Can Code Initiative (AGCCI).

Regional Director for West and Central Africa.

Regional Director for East and Southern Africa.

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