Press Conference on International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

Inna Modja, FGM survivor and singer; Patricia Tobon, FGM survivor and Representative from the Embera community, Colombia; and Nafissatou J. Diop, Senior Adviser and Coordinator of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA)-United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation Cutting, address press.

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:36:07
• Production Date: 8 February 2016
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND - UNFPA; UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: FEMALE CIRCUMCISION
• Geographic Subject: MALI; COLOMBIA
• MAMS Id: 1560099
• Parent Id: 1559426

Description

Malian singer Inna Modja (left) addresses a press on the occasion of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), which is observed on 6 February. Having been subjected to (FGM), also known as cutting, when she was a small girl in Mali, Ms. Modja advocates for the rights of women and girls. Also briefing reporters with her were:Patricia Tobon (cerntre), FGM survivor, Representative from the Embera community, Colombia; and Nafissatou J. Diop, Senior Adviser and Coordinator of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA)-United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation Cutting.