Kadra Fahra is a community facilitator at GAMS Belgium. She was a volunteer for almost 3 years and became an employee at the beginning of 2016.
« When I was seven years old, I asked to be cut, I wanted to be like the other girls »
“From diaspora communities to the heart of the EU: together to end FGM” Representatives of FGM-practicing communities meet Brussels-based NGOs The END FGM European Network invites civil society representatives to discuss about the role communities can play in promoting behavioural change…
We met Assiatou and Diariou, two young women in their 20s. They have several things in common: both are Fulani of Guinean origin, both are studying to become social workers, both did an internship at GAMS as a part of their studies, and today they participate in a GAMS training course to become community peer educators
One interview, two voices…
Equilibres & Populations, a French NGO working for the promotion of sexual and reproductive health and rights, is leading a specific project on female genital/sexual* mutilation in Mali: “Protecting the Next Generation “. Aurélie Désrumaux, project manager at EquiPop since…
Le projet européen Men Speak Out a été mené en 2015 et 2016 dans trois pays, le Belgique, les Pays-Bas et la Grande Bretagne, et coordonné par le GAMS Belgique. Il visait à intégrer les hommes issus des diasporas et vivant en Europe dans la lutte contre les mutilations génitales féminines.
Nous avons donné la parole à, Idrissa, l’un des hommes formé comme pair éducateur dans le cadre du projet. « Avant de connaître ma compagne et le GAMS je pensais que les mutilations génitales féminines étaient des pratiques normales et bonnes pour les filles. »
The End FGM European Network is recruiting a Finance & Administration Officer…
Call for participantsFilming the bridge: youth dialogue gets viralTraining workshop to create and produce videos on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) When: from the 12th to the 21st of July 2017Where: Kampala, UgandaWho is holding the workshop: AIDOS (Italian Association for…
Around the world, more than 200 million are living with the consequences of FGM and 3 million girls are at risk of being cut each year. An estimated 500,000 women and girls living in the EU are affected by FGM,…
“Good practices to protect refugee women and girls from violence in the EU” is a joint project of the World Future Council, UN Women German Committee and Filia Foundation. The final report was published on the 18th of December 2016…
MEN SPEAK OUT PROJECT RESEARCH : “Men have a role to play but they don’t play it” : A mixed methods study exploring men’s involvement in Female Genital Mutilation in Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
O’Neill S., Dubourg. D, Florquin S., Bos M., Zewolde S., Richard F.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS – 8 DECEMBER 2016