Female Genital Mutilation Day 2025
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Date(s) - 06/02/2025
All Day
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The Theme of International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation on 6 February 2025 will be
Step up the Pace
Strengthening Alliances and Building Movements to End FGM
In 2012, the UN General Assembly designated February 6th as the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, with the aim to amplify and direct the efforts on the elimination of this practice.
For more than a decade, the Joint Programme has supported survivors of FGM, prioritizing investments in survivor-led initiatives, centered around empowerment, agency and access to essential services.
There is an urgent need for even more targeted, coordinated and sustained and concerted efforts if we are to achieve our common goal of ending female genital mutilation by 2030. Every survivor’s voice is a call to action, and every choice they make in reclaiming their lives contributes to the global movement to end this harmful practice.
Join them on 6 February 2025 in their call to action. Share with the world how you support #Unite2EndFGM in leading the #EndFGM movement. Access the Trello board here.
UN Action
Although the practice has been around for more than a thousand years, ending female genital mutilation within this generation is still possible if we accelerate our progress 27 times faster. That is why the United Nations strives for its full elimination by 2030, following the spirit of Sustainable Development Goal 5.
Since 2008, UNFPA, jointly with UNICEF, leads the largest global programme to accelerate the elimination of female genital mutilation. The Joint Programme currently focuses on 17 countries in Africa and the Middle East and also supports regional and global initiatives.
Over the years, this partnership has seen significant achievements. Through the support of the joint programme, over 7 million girls and women received prevention, protection and care services related to FGM. Over 50 million people have made public declarations to abandon FGM, and similary over 250 million individuals were reached by mass media messaging on FGM. In the last two years, close to 12,000 grassroots organizations and 112,000 community and frontline workers have worked to drive change.
#EndFGM
See this UN page for more Information about this important day