Press conference on “Engaging health workers to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)”

Engaging health workers to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:40:32
• Production Date: 6 February 2015
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND - UNFPA
• Subject Topical: FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
• MAMS Id: 1295488
• Parent Id: 1295488

Description

- Over 140 million girls and women alive today have undergone some form of FGM
- If current trends continue, about 86 million additional girls worldwide will be subjected to the practice by 2030
- FGM is mostly carried out on young girls sometime between infancy and age 15
- FGM cause severe bleeding and health issues including cysts, infections, infertility as well as complications in childbirth increased risk of newborn deaths
- FGM is a violation of the human rights of girls and women

Speakers
Jaha Dukureh, Young Activist and FGM survivor
Edna Adan Ismail, Nurse-Midwife, Director and Founder of the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland
Nafissatou J. Diop, Senior Adviser & Coordinator of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation Cutting: Accelerating Change

Moderator
Margaret Novicki, Chief, Communication Campaigns Service, UN Department of Public Information