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Ending FGM in West Africa PUBLICATIONS ET ARTICLES
April 23, 2022 Africa

Ending FGM in West Africa

The Network of Women Leaders for Development (RFLD) is working to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in West Africa through a collaborative, multi-sectoral approach involving traditional and religious leaders, law enforcement, educators, health workers, and survivors. Their initiatives focus on cultural reform, legal education, and community outreach, empowering survivors to lead advocacy efforts. RFLD has also established mobile legal clinics to assist survivors and engages youth in activism, fostering peer networks to challenge outdated norms. By harmonizing legislation across borders and involving local communities in decision-making, RFLD aims to create sustainable change and protect future generations from FGM.

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Aid to women’s organisations is falling. RFLD moves funding fast to women-led organisations and defenders, in French and English, through a network of 1,143 member organisations in more than 35 African countries.L’aide aux organisations de femmes recule. Le RFLD achemine vite les financements vers les organisations de femmes et les défenseures, en français et en anglais, grâce à un réseau de 1 143 organisations membres dans plus de 35 pays africains.

RFLD currently serves as Co-Chair of the SEA-T Programme Advisory Council, mandated to ensure the programme’s direction, priorities, and resources are meaningfully aligned with the visions of African women-led civil society. The SEA-T Programme is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.Le RFLD assure actuellement la coprésidence du Conseil consultatif du programme SEA-T, chargé de veiller à ce que l’orientation, les priorités et les ressources du programme soient réellement alignées sur les visions de la société civile africaine portée par les femmes. Le programme SEA-T est financé par le ministère fédéral allemand de la Coopération économique et du Développement (BMZ) et mis en œuvre par la Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. See the partnershipVoir le partenariat

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