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The National Alliance of Women’s Organisations (NAWO) is an alliance of diverse membership organisations and individuals working for and passionate about women’s empowerment.
We have decades of unique expertise, beginning in the 1970s, in enabling women, girls and women’s organisations to understand the laws and processes that ensure their human rights at all levels. All of our work is underpinned by the values and implementation of UN gender equality mechanisms
https://nawo.org.uk/Working%20Together
NAWO is an alliance of diverse membership organisations and individuals working for and passionate about women’s empowerment. We work to represent the needs and interests of women at a national and international level.
https://nawo.org.uk/Amplifying%20Voices
We amplify the voices of women of all ages in various UN level processes. We employ our ECOSOC status at the UN by annually participating in and presenting side events at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
https://nawo.org.uk/Young%20Women's%20Alliance
A safe platform to demand our human rights, equality and justice. We collectively bring our lived experiences to impact gender policy and legislation at government level. Unite! Act! Amplify! Your voice is the voice of tomorrow: book your place at our table TODAY
https://nawo.org.uk/Working%20In%20Europe
NAWO recognises the vital importance of working UK-wide to further women’s equality, and works with sister organisations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to represent UK women to the European Women’s Lobby.
https://nawo.org.uk/Join%20the%20Alliance
NAWO’s membership varies from very large to very small; from service level and grass roots to international campaigning organisations. It is this membership that ensures we are well-qualified to contribute in a meaningful way to policy-making processes.
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Every 12 minutes, a girl dies because of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). That’s 120 girls a day. 44,320 girls every year. This isn’t just a statistic, it’s a crisis. It’s a severe form of violence against women and girls. And it’s entirely preventable. On International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, we’re calling for urgent action.

Nehlor from Liberia was meant to be cut at age 7. Two of her friends went before her. They didn’t survive. She carries the pain of witnessing girls die in silence - a silence we must break.

Change is possible. Communities are fighting back. But more funding, commitment, and awareness are needed.

Read more on our blog from @orchiproject via link in bio & share this post. Every voice counts in the fight to end FGM/C. #EndFGM
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Fatoumata has been fighting against female genital mutilation for 20 years.

This International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, read her story: amn.st/6187IDV5f
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Is it cultural locally or is it religious? To change culture takes education. To change religion takes international effort to pressure that religion to change and abandon such practice. Is it possible if such religion dominates UN?

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Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a harmful practice most often carried out on young girls, typically between infancy and age 15. It violates their basic human rights.

FGM involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia for non-medical reasons, causing lifelong physical and psychological harm. Yet, millions of women and girls worldwide remain at risk.

The United Nations set 2030 as the global target to eliminate FGM, but at the current rate of progress, it would require efforts to accelerate 27 times — a goal far from reality. Without urgent action, countless girls will continue to suffer its devastating consequences.

Through education, advocacy, and community-driven solutions, we can help protect girls and uphold their rights.

On this International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, we call for collective action. Join us in the fight to end FGM. Raise awareness. Support change.

#EndFGM #WomenForWomen #HumanRights
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🔴 Stop the Silence. End the Violence.

Today, on The International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, we stand with victims and survivors, and advocate for an end to this harmful practice.

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a severe violation of human rights, causing lifelong trauma, pain, and suffering. It is not culture. Not tradition. It is abuse.

🚨 FGM is illegal in many countries, yet millions of girls remain at risk. Together, we must raise awareness and protect those at risk.

🔹 Learn the signs.
🔹 Speak out.
🔹 Support the fight to #EndFGM.

Read more: www.bit.ly/notofgm

📢 Share this post and help us amplify the message: There is zero tolerance for FGM.

#Unite2EndFGM #EndFGM #FemaleGenitalMutilation #ZeroTolerance #SpeakOut #HumanRights #StopTheSilence
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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a violation of human rights, yet more than 230 million women and girls worldwide are already living with its devastating consequences.

At the current rate, we are far from ending this practice. In fact, the global pace of decline would need to be 27 times faster to eliminate FGM by 2030, according to @UNICEF. This is unacceptable.

We stand with survivors, advocates, and communities working to protect girls from this harmful practice and ensure their right to live free from violence. 🤍
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