(20 January 2011-AFAR, Ethiopia, UNICEF) --An official declaration marking the abandonment of female genital cutting was issued recently in the Amibara and the Awash-Fentale districts of Ethiopia’s Afar Region.
The effort to abandon cutting started nearly 10 years ago in both districts. In 2008, UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) began a joint programme to support that effort in Semera town.
The initiative culminated this past November in two separate public abandonment ceremonies and a commitment from leaders in both districts to remain vigilant.
Role of traditional leaders
The influence of religious and clan leaders, local government officials and former circumcisers has brought a remarkable reduction in female cutting in both districts.
According to a study conducted in 2010 by one local partner, the Rohi Weddu Pastoralist Women's Development Organization, cutting has sharply declined in these communities over the past decade. FULL ARTICLE AT UNICEF.org »
The effort to abandon cutting started nearly 10 years ago in both districts. In 2008, UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) began a joint programme to support that effort in Semera town.
Role of traditional leaders
The influence of religious and clan leaders, local government officials and former circumcisers has brought a remarkable reduction in female cutting in both districts.
According to a study conducted in 2010 by one local partner, the Rohi Weddu Pastoralist Women's Development Organization, cutting has sharply declined in these communities over the past decade. FULL ARTICLE AT UNICEF.org »
1 comment:
this people is so ignorant and stupid to do this to those kids and the mothers I can beleive they can respond to they mother instinct to save they babys from this crime even that they experienced too.. can they feel is so roung? even the animals can feel what is hurting they babys and protect them..were is those mothers instinct to protect thay babys? we should do something about this donate money or werever but do something please!
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