Women have been on the forefront of the effort to end it for decades. The circumstances around FGM go from induction into womanhood to “cleanliness”. Colombia, India, Russia and the US all have histories of cutting girls, before the were signs of migration or “holiday cutting”. Of the 200 million women and girls cut globally, an estimated 500, 000 are living in Europe. Last week they held a meeting in London for the launch of new research into the issue. The aim? Engaging men in the process of ending female genital mutilation/cutting. There are few things in life that really make me angry, and one of them is FGM,” said Solomon Zewolde, researcher for FORWARD UK, an African led movement to end FGM, and UK co-ordinator of male anti-FGM initiative, Men Speak Out.Ī partnership between GAMS Belgium, FORWARD, The Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp and HIMILO in the Netherlands, Men Speak Out is a group bringing African men in the European diaspora together.
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