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Oyo Inaugurates Committees to Tackle FGM, GBV
By Iyabo Adebisi To tackle the problem of Female Genital Mutilation, FGM and other sexual and Gender-Based Violence, GBV, the Oyo State government has inaugurated a 20-man steering committee and a 55-man technical working group for effective and sustainable management of gender-related issues. The committees, which had three months to come up with the Oyo…
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Oyebanji Preaches Dangers of FGM
By Busuyi Ogidiolu Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Dr Olayemi Oyebanji wants religious organizations and marriage registrars to caution intending couples against Female Genital Mutilation, FGM. The Governor’s wife stated this in Ado Ekiti at the commemoration of this year’s International Day of Zero Tolerance For Female Genital Mutilation. Dr Oyebanji noted that the warning…
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Survivors of FGM should always speak out against it – Professor Ojengbede
By Olumide Ogunbiyi Survivors of female genital mutilation, FGM, should always speak out to discourage others from engaging the harmful practice. Director, Centre for Comprehensive Promotion of Reproductive Health, CCPRH, Professor Oladosu Ojengbede, gave the charge at this year’s celebration of International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, with the theme, “Her…
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FGM, Sexual Gender Based Violence are Evil – Don
The Director, Centre for Population and Reproductive Health, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Prof. Oladosu Ojengbede, has lamented the debilitating effects of genital mutilation in the lives of the victims of the harmful traditional practice. He said the cultural practice was widespread in some states and in a particular part of Nigeria, pregnant women were usually…
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Osun Assembly Pledges To End Female Genital Mutilation
The Osun State House of Assembly has pledged to give its support to National Orientation Agency, NOA, in other to put an end to Female Genital Mutilation FGM in the State. The Speaker, Mr. Timothy Owoeye stated this at a One-Day Advocacy Dialogue with State Legislators to support the implementation of laws and policies against…
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OSHA Pledges To End FGM
The Osun State House of Assembly, OSHA, has pledged to give its support to National Orientation Agency, NOA, in other to put an end to Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, in the State. The Speaker, Mr. Timothy Owoeye stated this at a One-Day Advocacy Dialogue with State Legislators to support the implementation of laws and policies…
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International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM
Today, the world marks the international day of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation , FGM with the theme ” No time for global inaction ,unite ,fund and Act to end FGM.A United Nations Population Fund , UNFPA report reveals that in 2021 alone , there are 4.16 million girls around the world who are…
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Genital Mutilation: Osun First Lady Calls For An End to Practice
The wife of Osun State Governor,state of Osun, Mrs. Kafayat Oyetola wants all relevant stakeholders to team up with government in forming a synergy to eradicate the harmful practice of Female Genital Mutilation. Mrs. Oyetola made the call in a release to mark International Day of Zero tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation with the theme,…
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FMG: Stakeholders Call for Intensive Awareness Drive
Stakeholders have been called upon to intensify awareness campaign on ways to end female genital mutilation. This was the submission of respondents on the occasion of International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, FGM. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is the ritual cutting or removal of…
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Uniting to End Female Genital Mutilation as the Day is being Marked Globally
World Health Organization W.H.O defines female genital mutilation or cutting, FGM, as the partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or injury to the female genital organs for non- medical reasons. Female genital cutting is mostly carried out on young girls between infancy and age fifteen. The practice is prevalent in Nigeria, Egypt,…
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One Hundred And Forty Osun Communities Say No To FGM
One hundred and forty communities under Ife-Central, Ifelodun and Olaoluwa Local Government Areas of Osun State have publicly declared their decisions to abandon the age long practice of Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, in the various domains. At separate ceremonies held at the secretariat of each local government, some of the communities that declared an end…
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FGM: More Communities Denounce Practice in Oyo
There is an end in sight to total eradication of Female Genital Mutilation in Oyo state as stakeholders continue to sustain the current feat in the campaign against the practice in the state. This is as another 120 communities across Oyo state openly declared to abandon Female Genital Mutilation, barely one week after 36 communities…
