Putting the spotlight back on FGM in the Middle East – Wadi at the Women Deliver Conference 2026
A representative from Wadi joined the Women Deliver 2026 Conference in Australia to discuss the ongoing campaign against Female Genital…
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More efforts to end FGM in Iraq needed
On International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM Wadi is urgenging more efforts to end Female Genital Multiliation in Iraqi-Kurdistan,…
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…
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…
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…
Oman bans unexpectedly Female Genital Mutilation
Published on Stop FGM Mideast Two weeks ago, the Omani Ministry of Social Affairs und Development announced a change in…
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The Stop FGM Middle East & Asia campaign has been collecting data about FGM in Asia, connecting activists and supporting…
Wadi talks on Deutsche Welle about FGM
The German women’s rights organization Terre des Femmes just came out with new figures about female genital mutilation (FGM): More…
New Study: Almost 100 percent women mutilated in region of Oman – Time to act!
The newest survey on female genital mutilation (FGM) in Oman bears shocking results: 95,5 percent of women reported to be…
Psychosexual Complications of Female Genital Mutilation for Couples: A Comparative Study in Iran
By Osman Mahmoudi and Elham Hosseini, 29.04.2017 Despite some successes in ending FGM among Kurdish people in Iran the…
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