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LET'S BUST THE #FGM MYTHS: #FGM can pose a serious health risk including severe bleeding and problems urinating, and later cysts, infections, complications in childbirth and increased risk of newborn deaths. There are also mental health problems associated with it.

In efforts to #EndFGM it's crucial to dispel myths that continue to justify the practice. One of those justifications are #religious beliefs. We need to work with the #faith community to prevent and stop the #HumanRightsViolations of girls and women in the name of religion.

We need more men to join the movement against #FGM and to be proud to work to #EndFGM . We must be able to talk to younger men about being allies in this movement. We have to support our mothers, wives, sisters, daughters and all females. FGM is our problem too.

We have a duty to continue campaigning to #endFGM and give girls a much needed chance at attaining #education for a brighter future for all of us and generations to come. #SDG3 #SDG4 #SDG5

To #endFGM we must unlearn and debunk the myths that have helped entrench it in our communities. #FGM is a form of #GBV and it is a #HumanRights violation.

40 years on: The key actions needed to end #AIDS are relatively clear. The question is whether every government, funder, and implementing organisations will apply them bit.ly/3g2sHKS . @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL @CsfSanac @KemeaKenya @UNAIDS_ESA @youngpositives @MenNigeria

The subjugation of girls & women through #FGM must end now. We cannot continue to deny the lived harsh experiences of girls and women in the name of culture or religion and bury our heads in the sand about the threat that FGM poses to future generations of girls and #women .

I hear REAL MEN don't cry HIDING in BATHROOMS! 🚿🛁 🙄🙄🙄🙄 #GenerationEquality

Don't be silent on this. Join the growing voices of men and women across the world who are calling for the end of #FGM which continues to threaten girls' and women's development! Together we can defeat this injustice against women and girls by 2030. #SDG3 #SDG4 #SDG5

#RESEARCH: In #Ghana fathers who attend antenatal care may be keen to support the well-being of their partners and children, but are left unengaged and often disappointed bit.ly/3cliZ42. @MenCareGlobal @MenCareSA @KemeaKenya @fathersinafrica @FathersAfrica @MenNigeria

We must work with young people in all communities to challenge and put an end to the heinous tradition of #FGM wherever it happens bit.ly/3z95dLx. @KemeaKenya @youngpositives @YouthAntiFGMKe @MenNigeria @MenEngage_Tz @GPtoEndFGM @UNFPAKen @MenengageC @Y_AdvocatesKe

It is quite clear: We will not eradicate #FGM until all of us refuse to accept it. All hands must be on deck to #endfgm .

It's all in our hands- men, women, boys and girls of all diversities, in all our places of influence - big and small - to contribute to efforts to #EndFGM now. Future generations will judge us harshly if we fail to end this #HumanRights violation against girls and women.

June marks the annual celebration of Pride Month - a time when millions come together to support the LGBTQI+ community. CGE calls for the respect and protection of the rights of all individuals regardless of their gender & sexual orientation. #Pride2021

Now more than ever organisations such as @CGE_ZA need to be visible and vocal in supporting and protecting the #LGBTQ community amidst rising violations and murders of members of the community in #SouthAfrica . #Pride2021

About 140 million women worldwide have undergone #FGM - mostly because practicing communities believe in the myth that it makes girls and women 'better wives'. We call on men and boys to stand up against this myth and #EndFGM - a #HumanRights violation of girls & women.

How can #chartertingbrighterfutures for girls support and impact efforts to #endchildmarriage? Join us on 2 June @ 13:30 BST alongside an inspiring panel to explore this #childmarriage monitoring mechanism: Don't miss out - register below👇💻🕖 bit.ly/3fvtUJi

#LGBTQ people across #Africa continue to fight for even the most fundamental right - the right to live. They are under attack - with States looking on - and most often they are violated by governments themselves. We're all human. Let's lend our support. #PrideMonth2021

All life affirming south Africans must rise against. @OfficialSACC. Sad to hear about #mpilo

@Mashobane61 @PresidencyZA @CGE_ZA The govt is spectacularly failing the #LGBTQ community, @Mashobane61 . It's failing to take responsibility. Perpetrators will remain at ease to commit these hate crimes until the govt acts.

@KhopsBodibe @PresidencyZA @CGE_ZA Sad Khops, very sad. Gov is complicit in this. The delay in finalising the Hate crimes bill is a clear indication of duty bearers failure to provide the necessary protection!

Killed by hate - the price of being gay in #SouthAfrica . #RIPMpilo @PresidencyZA @CGE_ZA #Mpilo is the latest of the known victims of #LGBTQ hate. When will this carnage end? When will the #Constitution serve to actively protect #SouthAfrican #LGBTQ people? #Pride2021