In this section we have gathered some of the newspaper articles and reports shared within the CoP FGM during the months of April-June 2020. For a more extensive overview see the UNICEF Annotated Bibliography on "Harmful Practices and Public Health Crises". Accessible here.
In this guide for action, UNICEF presents some key points and ways to continue the fight against FGM in times of COVID-19. Among the solutions proposed in the Agenda for Action are increased use of social networks and mass media to attract attention, reach out to the population and young people, and strengthen emergency and hotlines.
The following Webinars and Podcasts were organized or shared by members during the Covid-19 pandemic.
When the COVID-19 pandemic started many people remembered the Ebola pandemic and wondered what - if anything - we could learn from the impact that Ebola had on FGM.
During COVID-19 the members of the CoP FGM have kept busy and have adapted their work, developed adapted tools and published papers and articles related to FGM, women and girls’ rights or SRHR in times of COVID-19. In this sections you will find some resourced developed by and/or shared by members.