SOYDA Launched commemoration of International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), 6 February 2018 through community awareness engagements in Our Project Areas. Our awareness campaign started all our health facilities in Benadir and Lower Shabelle Region which aims to raise community awareness and mobilize people everywhere to bring about change through targeting Community leaders, Youth Symposium and Women entities to discuss the effects of FGM by Providing families and communities with information about the harm FGM causes – and the benefits to be gained by ending it. We encouraged families and communities taking action themselves and refusing to permit their girls to endure the violation of FGM.
FGM is a form of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) that scars girls for life, endangering their health, depriving them of their rights and the chance to reach their full potential. It is a harmful traditional practice that reflects deep-rooted inequality and is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women.
Let us make this the generation that abolishes FGM once and for all – and in doing so, helps create a healthier, better world for all.
