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Orchid Project (now incorporating 28 Too Many). Orchid Project partner, share, research & advocate to #EndFGMC

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Orchid Project
Orchid Project@OrchidProject·
12 minutes, that’s how long until another girl dies. #ALifeCutShort by FGM/C. Unreported, unseen, unknown… but the world should know. Share this message, because in just 11 minutes, another girl’s life will be cut short. #unite2endfgm
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End FGM/C Network Africa
End FGM/C Network Africa@endfgm_africa·
📢 CALL FOR CONSULTANCY – End FGM/C Network Africa 🌍 We’re seeking a Consultant to lead the development of our 2025–2030 Strategic Plan & Advocacy Policy! 🗓 Nov 1–Dec 12, 2025 | 📬 Deadline: Oct 26, 4PM GMT-1 @OrchidProject @Boukarymam
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Orchid Project@OrchidProject·
FGM/C affects more than 230 million women and girls globally, causing chronic pain, infections, complications in childbirth, and psychological trauma. At the World Health Summit, we highlighted the urgent need to treat FGM/C as a global health emergency, not a niche cultural issue. Medicalisation continues to give legitimacy to this harmful practice, even as new data reveals its devastating toll on health systems and survivors. The health sector must respond with urgency, leadership, and investment. #WHS2025 #FGMC #EndFGMC
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The Girl Generation
The Girl Generation@TheGirlGen·
FGM affects 230M+ women & girls globally , leaving lifelong physical & emotional scars. At #WHS2025 in Berlin, we joined global health leaders to call for urgent, coordinated action to treat FGM as a global health emergency. Our message was clear: ➡️ FGM is not a medical procedure — it’s violence. ➡️ Health systems must lead with urgency & survivor-centred care. ➡️ Prevention & support are not optional — they’re essential. Ending FGM is not just a human rights imperative — it’s a global health responsibility. #EndFGM #StopMedicalisationOfFGM #TheGirlGen #InvestToPrevent @OptionsinHealth @LeylaHussein
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Orchid Project@OrchidProject·
📢 We’re honoured to introduce the roundtable speakers joining the World Health Summit 2025 side event in Berlin tomorrow. We’ll be addressing Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) and its medicalisation as a global health emergency. If you’re attending the World Health Summit, we invite you to be part of this critical conversation. You can register here eventbrite.co.uk/e/addressing-f… #WHS2025 #EndFGMC #FGMC
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Orchid Project@OrchidProject·
📢 On Thursday, October 9th from 4:30pm-6:30pm East Africa Time (EAT), we're hosting a knowledge sharing dialogue on the integration of FGM/C within healthcare services in the Horn of Africa. lnkd.in/e4s2zsjy
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The Girl Generation
The Girl Generation@TheGirlGen·
Save the Date!📌 Join us on 3 Sept 2025 • 3 PM EAT (12 PM GMT) for our webinar: "The Key Role of Girl Champions in Ending FGM in Senegal" 🇸🇳 live in French with interpretation in English, Amharic & Sign Language. Hear how girl champions are leading dialogues, driving advocacy, and reshaping norms. Access insights from our learning brief and real-life testimonies. 🔗 Register:zoom.us/webinar/regist… Access Learning Brief ( English): thegirlgeneration.org/wp-content/upl… Access Learning Brief ( French):thegirlgeneration.org/wp-content/upl… #GirlChampions #EndFGM #SurvivorLed #MyPowerMyVoice2Lead
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The Girl Generation
The Girl Generation@TheGirlGen·
A one-month-old girl in The Gambia has died after being subjected to FGM. This is not culture or tradition — it is violence and a grave violation of human rights. FGM kills an estimated 44,320 girls and young women every year — one every 12 minutes. In The Gambia, prevalence remains at 75–76%, with infants increasingly targeted to evade detection. We demand justice for this child, full enforcement of the FGM ban, and global accountability for states failing to protect girls. Silence makes more deaths inevitable. Action cannot wait! #EndFGM #EndGBV #JusticeForGirls #FGMIsViolence #HumanRights #TheGirlGen
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Orchid Project@OrchidProject·
3/3 This case highlights the need to uphold the ban on FGM/C and strengthen its enforcement, especially in light of recent efforts to overturn the law. We stand in solidarity with those in The Gambia fighting for an end to FGM/C...
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2/3 This incident underscores FGM/C as a silent epidemic, claiming the life of 1 girl every 12 minutes in high-prevalence countries in Africa... Despite FGM/C being outlawed in The Gambia, 72.6% of women and girls have undergone FGM/C.
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Orchid Project@OrchidProject·
1/3 Orchid is heartbroken by the death of a 1 month-old baby in Wellingara, The Gambia as a result of FGM/C. Our thoughts are with the family & community members impacted by this tragic loss & activists who tirelessly work to end this human rights violation.
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EASSI Eastern Africa Sub Region
EASSI and partners are hosting a two-day capacity-building workshop for @EA_Bunge Chairpersons of Chapters of the Partner States, 3 movers and CSOs on the EAC Prohibition of FGM Bill. Together, we are working to end cross-border FGM and promoting safer communities #EACFGMBill2025
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The Girl Generation
The Girl Generation@TheGirlGen·
📍 Kampala, Uganda 🗓 4–5 June 2025 We’re joining regional partners and youth advocates for a critical engagement with East African Community legislative members to push forward the FGM Bill. It’s time to turn voices into action. ✊🏾 #MyPowerMyVoice2Lead #EndFGM #EAC #EALA
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The Girl Generation
The Girl Generation@TheGirlGen·
💬 Words carry power! At our side event during the 45th @acerwc session, @TheGirlGen shared insights from our Power of Language paper. How we speak about FGM—tone, wording, connotation—can spotlight or silence survivors. We’re calling for a shift: 🔹 Centre girls & survivors 🔹 Reflect FGM’s realities 🔹Promotes, justice, healing and action. As a learning programme, TGG grounds its work in evidence—understanding what drives real change, and where we could do more. This paper is part of that ongoing journey. 📄 Read the Power of Langauge Paper: EN: bit.ly/3TSHAb9 FR: bit.ly/3xL9bN1 #EndFGM #LanguageMatters #PowerOfLanguage #TheGirlGen #MyPowerMyVoice2Lead #ACERWC45
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The Girl Generation
The Girl Generation@TheGirlGen·
On day 3 of the #26thCSOForum in Lesotho 🇱🇸 @TheGirlGen had the opportunity to speak on the transformative power of language in the work to end FGM. The session opened with a thoughtful safeguarding statement from Brenda Dora of @OrchidProject acknowledging that these conversations can be triggering, and placing wellbeing at the centre. We then shared our renewed, bold position: 👉🏾 FGM is violence. It is abuse. It is a human rights violation rooted in inequality. From our Power of Language position paper, we shared key recommendations for CSOs, governments, and media—urging all to adopt language that centres survivors, recognises harm, and promotes justice and reparations. ➡You can access The Power of Langauge in English & French on our website: English - thegirlgeneration.org/wp-content/upl… French - thegirlgeneration.org/wp-content/upl… #EndFGM #JusticeAndReparations #SurvivorCentered #PowerOfLanguage #TheGirlGen #26thCSOForum
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