{"id":215775,"date":"2022-02-06T16:16:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T14:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/who.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/sunday-6-february-marks-the-international-day-of-zero-tolerance-for-female-genital-mutilation-fgm-who-directorgeneral-dr-tedros-statement-on-female-genital-mutilation?lang=en"},"modified":"2022-02-06T16:16:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T14:16:10","slug":"sunday-6-february-marks-the-international-day-of-zero-tolerance-for-female-genital-mutilation-fgm-who-director-general-dr-tedros-statement-on-female-genital-mutilation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sunday-6-february-marks-the-international-day-of-zero-tolerance-for-female-genital-mutilation-fgm-who-director-general-dr-tedros-statement-on-female-genital-mutilation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday, 6 February marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for female genital mutilation (FGM) &#8211; WHO Director-General Dr Tedros statement on Female Genital Mutilation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The video below is copyright free and can be used at will, without asking for authorization<\/p>\n<div class=\"video_wrap\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_bgYElxol2M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/who.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/sunday-6-february-marks-the-international-day-of-zero-tolerance-for-female-genital-mutilation-fgm-who-directorgeneral-dr-tedros-statement-on-female-genital-mutilation?lang=en\">Watch the video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, 6 February marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for female genital mutilation (FGM). This year&rsquo;s theme is &#8220;<strong>Accelerating Investment to End FGM<\/strong>&#8221; &mdash; calling for support for programmes to provide services and response for those affected and those at risk; in developing and enforcing laws, and fortifying institutional capacity to eliminate the practice.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Two new tools have been launched by WHO and HRP to help health-care providers give the best quality care to girls and women who have been subjected to FGM &ndash; and to also support global efforts to end this harmful practice and human rights violation.<\/p>\n<p>Good quality research can only be ensured when the human rights of all research participants are safeguarded and respected.&nbsp; However, specific ethical guidance for conducting research on female genital mutilation (FGM) has been unavailable &ndash; until today. WHO has launched&nbsp;a new guidance document&nbsp;to strengthen the ethical conduct of all research on FGM:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications-detail-redirect\/9789240040731\">Ethical considerations in research on female genital mutilation<\/a>. This has been launched alongside a new document from WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, and Population Council, Kenya &ndash; the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/media\/114541\/file\/FGM-research-agenda-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research agenda to strengthen evidence generation and utilization to accelerate the elimination of female genital mutilation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of World Health Organization (WHO).<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"well well-sm\"><b>Media files<\/b><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/57975af04d6b471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/57975af04d6b471\" alt=\"World Health Organization (WHO)\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/57975af04d6b471\">Download logo<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_bgYElxol2M\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/_bgYElxol2M\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The video below is copyright free and can be used at will, without asking for authorization Watch the video Sunday, 6 February marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for female genital mutilation (FGM). 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