Interview: ‘Secrecy leads to the continuation of FGC in families and communities’
An Interview Sahiyo conducted about the anti-FGM Campaign of Wadi. By Megan Seaver, Sayiho Blog, 03.02.2024 Bakhan is an activist…
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Presentation: Wadi’s work to combat FGM in Iraqi-Kurdistan and other countries in the Middle East
Wadi member Isis Elgibali gave this presentation to a conference of UNFPA/UNICEF about our activities to combat FGM both in…
Wadi explores Female Genital Mutilation FGM in middle and south of Iraq
The German-Iraqi non-governmental organization NGO (WADI) has launched steps to transfer the experience of combating Female Genital Mutilation FGM from…
Conference to end FGM in Iraq
We continue our attempts to expand the #StopFGM Campaign to other parts of Iraq. In May activists and NGOs from…
FGM in Iraq: More research needed after succesful campaign in Kurdistan led to ban of harmful practice
Statement on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation Febuary 6th 2023 Frankfurt and Suleymaniah, February 5th…
Looking back: Iraqi Kurdistan; Successful Campaign against FGM
In 2011, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was banned in the Kurdistan Region, thanks to a media campaign led by anti-FGM…
#31 Years of Wadi – Looking back: First FGM-Free Village in Kurdistan
On 6.th of December 2011 the first village in Iraqi-Kurdistan set up a sign that they are free of FGM…
Halabja and Germian FGM free after fifteen years of campaigning
With the work of our Member Wadi, in 2022 Halabja and Garmyan were declared free of FGM after fifteen years…
Living with FGM: “A wound I will never forget”
With our “Living with FGM” program we are reaching out to women and girls who were mutilated in their childhood…
MENA leaders are failing to protect women and girls from FGM
Female genital mutilation is an all too common practice across MENA, where a lack of legal protections and publicly available…
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