.UNFPA's ‘Dear Daughter’ campaign works towards ending FGM in Somalia, which has one of the highest prevalence rates of the practice in the world. To date, 100 Somali mothers have signed the pledge. MsReads
The United Nations has called for collaboration at all levels, and across all sectors of society across the world, to protect millions at risk from FGM every year., continues to lead the UN effort to end FGM., as part of the effort to end FGM once and for all. The idea is to get individual parents not to cut their daughters. Through letter-writing, they pledge instead, to protect them, and support their right to govern their own bodies.
As part of the campaign, women living in an internally displaced persons camp on the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu - home to 280 households that fled Danunay village nearly 250 kilometres away, due to insurgent violence - have been learning about the harmful effects of FGM.
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