{"id":20011,"date":"2021-05-03T13:59:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T11:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidos.local\/?post_type=project&p=20011"},"modified":"2022-01-02T12:38:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T11:38:33","slug":"africa-europe-building-bridges-building-bridges-between-africa-and-europe-to-stop-female-genital-mutilation-phase-iii","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/aidos.it\/en\/project\/africa-europe-building-bridges-building-bridges-between-africa-and-europe-to-stop-female-genital-mutilation-phase-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"AFRICA – EUROPE. “Building Bridges” between Africa and Europe to stop female genital mutilation (FGM) – Phase III"},"content":{"rendered":"

2021 Sexual and reproductive health and rights \/ Training<\/strong><\/p>\n

WHERE
\n<\/strong><\/span>Europe<\/strong>: Italy, Belgium and other European countries.\u00a0Africa<\/strong>: Burkina Faso, Republic of Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal and other African countries supported by the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Eliminating FGM.<\/p>\n

PARTNERS<\/strong><\/span>
\nEuropean partners<\/strong>: AIDOS (applicant) and GAMS Belgique (Belgium). African partners<\/strong>: ASD (Republic of Guinea), AMSOPT (Mali), JED (Senegal), Mwangaza Action (Burkina Faso);\u00a0public and private health and social structures, the country offices of the Joint Programme on FGM in the implementation of some activities.<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND
\n<\/strong><\/span>FGM is an issue that affects all continents, including Europe. An estimated 200 million women and girls i<\/a><\/strong>n thirty countries have been subjected to\u00a0female genital mutilation\u00a0(FGM) and, if the practice continues at the current pace,\u00a068 million girls will undergo FGM between 2015 and 2030<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>in 25 countries where data is available. Two million additional cases of female genital mutilation may occur over the next decade as COVID-19 shutters schools and disrupts programmes that help protect girls from this practice. The 2030 Agenda calls on all countries to take measures to end discrimination and eliminate violence against women and girls, including harmful practices such as FGM. While some diaspora communities have quickly abandoned the practice, in others it persists, also because it is considered a way to pass on the cultural identity to the next generation. \u00a0In some African countries progress has been made over the past decade, but obstacles remain.<\/p>\n

GOALS
\n<\/strong><\/span>General goal<\/strong>: To follow up on the results obtained in \u00a0Phase I<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span> and Phase II<\/a> <\/span><\/strong>of the project (2016-2020) to increase the effectiveness of actions against FGM and improve the living conditions of girls and women in Africa and Europe. The approach will be based on \u201cbuilding bridges\u201d between civil-society organizations (CSOs), migrant women, professionals (media, health workers\/workers of the psychosocial sector, etc.) and activists who deal with FGM in Europe and Africa.<\/p>\n

Specific goals<\/strong><\/p>\n