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📢Kenya's updated National #FamilyPlanning Guidelines mark a bold move towards improving #SRHR choice + achieving #UniversalHealthCoverage! Updates include🔹Infertility services🔹Self-care tools🔹High-Impact Practices in underserved regions options.co.uk/article/kenyas… #HealthForAll

In this @FRANCE24 interview, @LeylaHussein from @TheGirlGen shares her experience with #FGM + highlights the need to recognise it as child abuse + sexual assault. #FGM kills a girl every 12 minutes. Language matters in addressing this violence. 📺france24.com/en/tv-shows/pe… #EndFGM

Kenya’s revised National #FamilyPlanning Guidelines mark a major step in enhancing reproductive choice + #HealthForAll! Key updates include: 🔹 Infertility services 🔹 Self-care tools 🔹 High Impact Practices for underserved areas options.co.uk/article/kenyas… #UHCDay @GeoffreyOkumu4

Are you at #NFPC24 this week? Join our session on ‘Enhancing accountability + inclusive gov for #FamilyPlanning services' with @NigeriaUhcForum + @HSRCNg! 🕛11:30am – 12:30pm📍| Hall 2 With @UDUSOK, @UNFPA, @dgiconsult, @KanoSlam, @BudgITng, @gatesfoundation, @FP2030Global

Will you be at the #NFPC24 on Dec 6? Join our session ‘Mobilizing domestic resources + strengthening #PFM for #FamilyPlanning with @HSCLimited + @results4dev! 🕛9:00am – 11:00am 📍 | Hall 1 Speakers include @nkatachuku, @TraciLBaird/@EngenderHealth, @WorldBank + others.

Are you at #NFPC24 this week? Join our 2 sessions on 6 Dec: 🕛9 – 11am |📍Hall 1: Mobilising domestic resources + strengthening PFM for #FamilyPlanning (FP) 🕛11:30am – 12:30pm |📍Hall 2: Enhancing accountability + inclusive gov for family planning services #SRHR #NFPC

Over 230M women & girls globally have undergone FGM/C, with 1 in 4 affected in sub-Saharan Africa. FGM/C denies fundamental rights & perpetuates inequality. #NoExcuse. UNiTE to End Violence against Women. Stats via @UN_Women #16DaysOfActivism #EndGBV

No girl should have to live in fear of FGM/C or any other form of violence. This #16DaysOfActivism, let’s protect their rights, amplify their voices, and end gender-based violence. #EndFGM #EndGBV

Join us for our session at the Nigeria Family Planning Conference #NFPC24 on ‘Mobilizing Domestic Resources and Strengthening Public Financial Management for #FamilyPlanning' with @HSCLimited and @results4dev 📅 6 Dec 2024 🕛 9:00am – 11:00am 📍 Hall 1

Will you be at the Nigeria Family Planning Conference #NFPC24? Join our session on 'Enhancing Accountability & Inclusive Governance for #FamilyPlanning' 📅6 December 2024 🕛11.30am-12.30pm 📍Hall 2

How can health services ensure they meet the needs of the most marginalised? @GhanaSomubi funded CSOs to generate evidence + advocate for better policies for women accused of witchcraft + the Deaf. The results? Vital policy shifts that improve their lives. shorturl.at/U7lar

📢 Historic breakthrough: Somaliland signs national anti-FGM policy! This milestone follows a decade of advocacy by @slmesaf with @TheGirlGen, @ActionAid Somaliland, @UNFPA, @UNICEF, @PlanGlobal + local CSOs, marking a major step towards ending #FGM! 🔗options.co.uk/article/a-hist…

📢 How can we place girls' agency + voices at the heart of #FGM/C advocacy + programming? Join our webinar, hosted by @ActionAidUK as part of @TheGirlGen, to explore new approaches for ending FGM/C: 📅 7 Nov 2024 ⏰ 3:00 - 4:30PM EAT 🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

📢 Don’t miss this! Webinar on “Centring Girls’ Agency & Voice” discuss girl-centred approaches to end FGM/C & amplify voices against GBV. Secure your spot! #EndFGM #GirlsVoicesMatter Register Here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

What’s the impact of united donor action against FGM/C? Yesterday’s Donor Working Group in DC, hosted by @USEndFGMNetwork, the Global Platform to End FGM/C (which TGG has been part of), & @GWpublichealth, brought advocates, donors & CSOs together to drive a united path forward.

Have you registered? Join us for an essential discussion at the Global Conference to End Violence Against Children! ➡ Ending Female Genital Mutilation Worldwide 📆 November 6, 2024, 9:00-10:30 AM 📍 Hotel Tequendama, Bogotá Secure your spot today! 👉 rb.gy/2zbbj7

📈 Kenya is advancing national ownership of #FamilyPlanning (FP) after years of donor reliance, driven by matched arrangements, with health funding having increased by 165% from 2013/14 to 2018/19 + contraceptive use from 39% to 61% . Find out more👉tinyurl.com/5h9r5rsv

📢@TheGirlGen celebrated a decade of impact last week! Speakers like Southwark Mayor Naima Ali, TGG's Amina Mohamed + Calleb Okoyo, @FCDOGovUK's Kajal Mavji + @CPSUK's David Malone shared progress in ending #FGM. TGG has provided $2M in grants + reached 20M people globally!

💡How can we protect the human rights of people with #MentalHealth conditions where coercive practices persist? In Ghana, @GhanaSomubi helped establish a Mental Health Review Tribunal to safeguard rights, offering key lessons for other countries. 🔗static1.squarespace.com/static/6095851…

How do we ensure #MentalHealth services are accessible in communities with limited resources + widespread stigma? @GhanaSomubi trained 87 volunteers to bridge the gap between formal healthcare + communities, reaching over 27k people + reducing stigma. 🔗static1.squarespace.com/static/6095851…