Programmatic

implications

Francesca Moneti
Child Protection Section
22 July 2013
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Purpose of the report

To generate in-depth understanding

of FGM/C
that can be applied
to the development
of policies and programmes
with the ultimate aim
of eliminating the practice
Social dynamics that favor perpetuation

Opinions favouring
an end to the
practice are often
hidden
Social acceptance
Individuals
is given as most
overestimate
frequent reason
support by others
for FGM/C

FGM/C persists in
spite of individual
preferences to
discontinue the
practice
Implication for programming (1)
Take into account differences among population
groups within and across national borders
Implication for programming (2)
Need to promote change in attitude towards
FGM/C as well as change in social expectations
Implication for programming (3)
Find ways to make hidden attitudes favouring the
abandonment of the practice more visible
Implication for programming (4A)
Increase engagement by boys and men
in ending FGM/C…
Implication for programming (4B)
… and
empower
girls
Implication for programming (5)
Increase exposure to groups who do
not practise FGM/C

Levels are
generally
FGM/C is more highest among
common in daughters of
rural than in
urban areas
EXPOSURE women with
no education

Wealth is
associated
with lower
levels
Leveraging social dynamics to accelerate elimination

Increased
capacity to
question
and stop

Collective
abandonment
Moving forward on UNGA Resolution 67/146

UNFPA-UNICEF JOINT PROGRAMME

ON FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION/CUTTING
Accelerating change
• Currently undertaking external independent evaluation
– preliminary results very positive
• Planning Phase 2 for 2014-17 that would continue to
provide support to Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Egypt,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan and
Uganda, extend to Nigeria and Yemen and more
deliberately address child marriage